The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-19
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TRANSITION COAL.

vI,HIS RARE AND VALUABLE COAL ia va
L riety not quite changed into an anthracite
and it has only been discovered Tin large quaint
ties) at three places upon our globe viz at South
Wales, reat Britain; at Donetz, in Russia, near
the Black Sea; and at Dauphin and Lebanon coun-
ties, Pennsylvania. In the London market this
coal commands the highest price. 1t IS now mined
upon the large estate $4,000 acres) of the Dau-
phin and Susluehanna Coal Company, situated IN
Pennsy and it ia nearer to the cities OF Bal
timore and Washington than the coal OF any other
region. For easy ignition, durability OF hre, com
plete combustion, easy adaptation to the temper"
AZURE of the weather. and its great power in gene
rating heat, is the BEST coal in the toord 1t has
the inflammablity OF the btuminous coal, with
the cleanliness Of the anthracite, and a greater
durability than either. 1t burns without making
any SCOT or visible smoke, and the combustion ia
30 complete that it retains the fire until all the coal
10 consumed. Not 30 with the anthracites, espe-
cially the hard and heavy kinds. They do not
burn up. and hence the common troublesome prac-
tice of sitting their ashes to obtain more fuel In
burning the Transition Coal there is no traste Tor
the small Goals made by handling burn as well as
ordinary coal. All should be burnt together. II
screened at all, the dust only should be taken out
very erroneous impression exists with many
persons that the heaviest Goals are the most econo-
mical for ordinary purposes This might be the
case if Goals were sold by measurement, but never
when they sold by WEIGHT. In Taylor's valu-
able work. Statistics Of Coal the details are given
to show that 81 pounds of a free burning red ash
yielded more heat to a room in fifteen hours than
81 pounds of a heavy white ash coal, making the
rex ash at So so to be more economical than the
white ash at 81 81 per ton Any person accus-
ed at the saving which can be made in burning the
lighter kinds, when tested by the toeigh and burnt
In a suitable manner.
An apprehension exists with some that the free
burning Goals have o tendency to clinker. Now,
as a general rule, coal will clinker unless
greater draught be applied to it than the coal natu
rally requires. No one would think OF applying
bellows constantly to q fire made OF seasoned
h boz k nd would
absurd to apply blast constantly to q free burn
ing coal. But the heavy white ash anthracitcs
cannot be burnt without n powerful draught, and
without using a larger quantity OF coal than the
Temperature of the weather sometimes requires.
Various patterns Of stoves, furnaces, COOKING
ranges, &C., are invented annually to conquer tins
difficulty, hut it has never been done with complete
success In every continuance, however, which
has been invented to burn coal, the transition va
riety will make beautiful fire, and no complaint
will ever be made to manufacturer or seller OF
CRATES or stoves when this coal 10 used. The
draught alone is to be regulated by dauper l..
Introducing this new coal for the irH time, pre-
pared as it now is by steam power machlnery for
domestic use, it may give greater confidence 70 INC
buyer to saw that the celebrated free burning red
ash veins in the Peach Orchard district near Potts
vile, are continuation Of the Dauphin ueins, and
they approach the nearest in value to the Transition
SHIPMENTS of the Transition coal have already
been made to the District of Columbia, and 1t
can be obtained at retail from the following
persons:
VIM. r. Dove, Washington.
F. Magruder, do
VIM. Warder, do
Woodford Stone, do
Hunsberger & Co., do
Myers & Baker, Georgetown
Orders for this coal by the cargo. as well rs for
the Semi Bituminous and Anthracite Goals, mined
by the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company,
will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent.
Office southwest corner Bait, and South ats.
BALTIMORE, September Is, 1852.
Sept 2l-lmif