Bees dnthrecite Goal of Pennsyloania. 3 
“8. Phe heat is maintained with less trouble than im any. 
pc Less frequent replenishing and less — are 
ecessary, and there is less anu pai from dirt and effluvia, 
ne case of any other fue 
in tk 
In the case of the entry shostes the whole bustle and ines” 
venience of the fire are removed from ihe } nts, which 
may thus be kept as neatly as in summer, as. there is pe 7 
ous andoyanee: to the most delicate x iat Sinthes,. 0 
9. The halls and passages of the house may thus, be: kept 
erman The cold of these spaces is unpleasant 
am healthyva and pes injurious to the infirm, whose comfort 
in this manner essentially consulted. 
10. Ae this, his fuel wilt n not burn without a strong draught, there 
79 no annoyance from foul gases, which are necessarily car- 
ried up the chimney. It is not true however, as some 
imagine, that these gases are iene injurious than those from 
burning charcoal. They are equally noxious, and the very 
same deadly gas which is produced by burning charcoal, 
(the carbonic acid gas,) is generated i in <n) abundance: a 
the anthracite. 
“ii. on anenaniee are qomagit ee ace fa all varieties 
Toland? ty per cent. 
of carbon, there vines ne but from three to ears asl 
cent. of trecditnGble matter—the rest being water.t _ 
Itis not the object of the preceding remarks to depreciate 
the bituminous coals ; they are of great value, and rent cen 
there: are me processes in the arts pie 7 © 
peculiarly dpplicable The territory of the | I 
furnished with bituminous coal, a as oa most of 
itis west of the Alleghany mountains, our rivers and a 
oho eescenaaey 
Meade many years ago dep his y the same re sult 
pect to the Rhode Island coal. Sco Bruce's Min. Jour 
not question the existence of combined water in coal, but if 
; eriments are correct, there panes re in ae anth ACites, 
ity of hydrogen n besides what This proceed from 
oD. 
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