TAB. XLVIII. 



CARBO bituminosus. 



Pit-Coal. 



Class 1 . Combustibles. Order 2. Mixed. 

 Gen. 6. Carbon. Spec. 1. Bituminous. 



Spec. Char. Bituminous oxide of carbon, and oxide 



of carbon ; mixed. 

 Syn. Mineral Carbon impregnated with bitumen. 

 Kirw. 2. 51. 

 Bitumen Lithanthrax # . Linn. Sijst. Nat. ed. 13. 



t. 3. p. 111. 

 Steinkhole. Emmerl. 1. 60. 

 Houille. Haiti/ 3. 316. De Lisle 2. 590. 



Coal is a curious, valuable, and well-known article in 

 Great Britain, supplying us with great store of excellent 

 fuel. There are many varieties in different mines, and even 

 in the same mine. The upper figure is taken from a com- 

 mon Newcastle specimen, from whence a great part of 



* Linnasus included all coals under this title, describing them as schistose., 

 which does not include all the species, 



