REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1903 41 



A 



Peat from Ham, dep't of Somme. ... 12.3 



Possy, dep't of Marne 13 



Framont, dep't of Vosges. . 15.4 



Konigsbrunn, Wurtemburg 14 . 3 



Bog of Allen 14.4 



Bog of Allen, pressed ..... 13 . 7 



Coppage turf 13 



Kilbeggan turf 14 .2 



Kilbaha turf 13.8 



Peat from Ischomx 15 . 3 



B 





27.9 



Berthier 



29.2 



a 



34.9 



a 



32.4 



a 



.... 



Oowper 



. . . . 



Everitt 



. . . . 



Kane's Indus. 





Resources of 





Ireland 



34.6 



A 



Peat charcoal from Bog of Allen, upper. ... 27.7 



" Bog of Allen, lower 25 



" Essone 22.4 



" Ham 18.4 



" Seine 17.7 



" Framont 26 



Pennsylvania anthracite 30 . 5 



Berthier 



B 





.... 



Everitt 



.... 



a 



50.7 



Berthier 



41.7 



u 



40.1 



ii 



58.9 



a 



69.1 



a 



In order to reduce the bulk and the amount of water, many 

 machines have been invented for milling the peat. This does not 

 increase the heating power of a given weight of peat that is free 

 from water, but is useful in intensifying the heat and simplify- 

 ing the transportation problem by reducing the bulk of the peat 

 and the amount of water. Most of the peat that is used for manu- 

 factures in Europe is compressed, and many attempts have been 

 made to introduce compressed peat into general use in the United 

 States and Canada. Though peat briquets are cleaner than most 

 fuels, their use must of necessity be limited to localities near the 

 deposit on account of the expense of transportation. If, however, 

 the peat is charred or coked, and the peat coke briquetted, we have 

 a fuel which is nearly if not quite equal to anthracite coal, though 



