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JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



AND 



THE ARTS. 



NOVEMBER, 1807^. 



ARTICLE L 



Facts toward a Hhtonj of PitcoaU ty Professor ProuSt^ 



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: Coal of Decise, distilled by Siige, left '59 or -60 of Coal left from 

 carbonaceous residuum, or coak. A coal of Cevenes yield- ^^^ '^'^ "^ 

 ^<i BerthoUet •76 or *77 ; and that of a pit in the forest of 

 Gensane '75. T obtained from a coal from England '64 : 

 from Lieres 'Co, and froni Fondon, both in Asturia, '64: 

 from Belraez, in Estremadura, ^Q5 : franl Villa Nueva near 

 Seville 'SS: from Quiros '70, las Carnaras '70, Langreo '75, 

 la Kionda '76, and la lliosa •77> all in Asturia. 



The environs of Madrid exhibit a few Vestiges of earth No coal near 

 impregnated with bitumen, but no coal, as was hoped; for " ^ " * 

 there is not a city in Europe at present ^o mudh in want of where it is 

 it. I hdve visited nO coal pits in Spaih, but some of those "^^ch wanted. 

 of the fertile and picturesque province of Asturia; a coun- 

 try that exhibits in miniature whatever of grand and sublime 

 the traveller admires in the Alps. The coal there in gene- 

 ral is in veins of little thickness; scarcely any so much as 18 

 inches. 



The follow ing were the products of a hAindred poun(is o*f - 

 some of the coals I examined. 



♦ Abridged frrtm Journal de Physique, vol. LXIII, p. S.20, Oct. 180G. 



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