The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-02-15
CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS,
FROM DAVIS ION THE S00."

In a, recent issue OF the lnda-
pendent, an article appeareslfrom
the pen Of Little Mac from
Tasker on the 500.
One could not but be amused
as we'll MS interested at the glow
ing terms and the future posi-
bilitias Of Tasker as depicted by
Little Mac"
1t would seem from the article
in question. that all other mines
in Ward county were located as
it were on a periphery with Tas-
Ker as \ center. Before making
any criticisms on the article, l
want to beg the gentlplnal's par
don for my presumption i'll tA'l-
ing exceptions to some Of the AS
sertions contained in the article
in question.
For lnSt,tnce, he says, expert
ments have shown that whereas
q given quantity Of bituminous
coal produced from $50 to 145
heat units, the same quantity OF
Ignite produced It's heat units. 4
This is certainly a very re-
markable statement, and the
most remarkable experiments
that has come under the notice
OF the writer OF this article, who
has3lnade a number Of tests and
analysis, but have nothing to
compare with the results OF the
Tasker experiments.
The 'raskerg gentleman says, the
results were obtained by expert
merits. This, Of course, means it
was not obtained by analysis,
but by actual tests, burned under
q boiler or furnace, and the tesul-
tant heat measured, which the
TaAker authorities found to be
40 heat units for bituminous,
as against f75 heat units in ia
Aoro Of Ignite coal. This is, lig-
mite produced 81 per cent more
heat units than the bituminous
coal.
AS one round Of carbon burned
by complete combustion will give
IA, 500 heat units (B. T. u. and
this result is only obtained from
pure carbon-the diamond for
,instanca-ana one pound ofaver-
age bituminous coal will give
IA, 1873 B. T. T., or 367 B. T. q.
less than the diamond. AS the
Tasker experiment shows that
their Ignite contains 81 per cent
more B. T. U than bituminous
coal, this should make their lig-
mite coal outrival the diamond
in purity by 81 per cent.
Let us look at this wonderful
experiment., or test, a little fur
ther. The quantity Of heat de-
rived from the bituminous coal
was 40 B. Z. T., aud for Ignite
175 u. T. U. by the experiments
as per their statements. Burned
as | suppose under a boiler or
furnace, which is the usual met
bod such experinents-and the
resultant heat carefully measur-
ed. The question arises, what
amount OF coal did they use in
their test? This can be calculat-
ed by any school boy. As the
Tasker test only derived 100 B.
T. u. from the bituminous coal,
and as there is IA, 1913 B. T. U.
in q pound, and there is 1000
grains in a pound, it is self evid-
ent that the quantity used for
this very remarkable test was 63
grains of bitumenous coal, and
the same amount Of Ignite.
How they ever succeeded iii burn
ing 63 grains Of coal under a
boiler and measured the heat SO
accurately is a conundrum for
your readers solve. Why MIR.
Editor, you could take 63 grains
OF coal and blow it into the face
OF a gnat aud it would not make
the ynaG wink.
For the benefit OF your readers
who do not know what the term,
heat units, or b. L. U. and its
equivalent means, | herewith give
a briefexplanation ofsame. Since
heat is not u subs tlnce itcannot
be measured directly in pounds
and quarts, but like force, it may
be measured by the effect it pro-
duces.
Suppose a certain quantity OF
heat raises the Temperature OF y
pound of water from 80 to 53 de-
grees, it viii take the same guam.
tity oil heat to raise the temperis-
ture Of a pound from 5:s To 81
degrees, and it will take double
the quantity to raise the tenpara-
ture from 50 to 81 degrees, than
it took to raise the temperature
from 81 to J3 degrees.
The unit quality Of heat, is the