bituminous coal
raw materials, minerals, geology
A black sedimentary rock made of carbon.
Bituminous coal, also known as black gold, has been created by the carbonization of dead plant material. It is a fossil fuel and is used mainly to generate energy and heat through combustion and for the production of coke in iron smelting. Residue from the burning of coal is used in the construction industry.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, butiminous coal was the foundation on which the Industrial Revolution in England flourished and it drove the development of technology during industrialisation. The area around Stavely was particularly well known for the mining of butiminous or black coal.
Johann Conrad Fischer saw samples of butiminous coal from Stavely at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Traveljournal 1814
- Manchester, 2 September 1814
- Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
- Birmingham’s “Altar to Vulcan”, 27 August 1814
- Essay on the “comparative brightness” of William Murdoch
- Travelling on the “Salamanca” to Leeds, 3 September 1814
- Leeds, 4 September 1814
- Return to London, 7-8 September 1814
- Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814
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Traveljournal 1845
Traveljournal 1846
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
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