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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON COAL-TESTING PLANT, [bull. 261. 
Analyses of mine and laboratory car samples of coal — Continued. 
Laboratory sample No . 
Loss of moisture on air drying. 
of air-dried sample. 
Kentucky No. 1. 
Mine 
sample 
A. 
1321 
Moisture 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon 
r Ash 
I Sulphur 
Hydrogen 
Carbon 
Nitrogen 
. Oxygen 
Calorific value determined: 
Calories I 
British thermal units 
Calorific value calculated from ultimate 
analysis: 
Calories 
British thermal units 
1.00 
1.93 
36.37 
58.13 
3.57 
0.90 
8,037 
14, 467 
Analysis corrected to sample as received. 
S ("Moisture 
g Volatile matter 
1 Fixed carbon, 
r Ash 
: 1 Sulphur 
Hydrogen 
j • Carbon 
P Nitrogen 
. Oxygen 
Calorific value determined: 
Calories 
British thermal units 
Calorific value calculated from ultimate 
analysis: 
Calories 
British thermal units 
2.91 
36.01 
57. 55 
3.53 
0.89 
7,957 
14, 322 
Mine 
sample 
B. 
1322 
0.90 
1.93 
37. 42 
57.83 
2.82 
0.85 
2.81 
37.08 
57. 31 
2.80 
0.84 
Labora- 
tory car 
sample. 
1474 
1.20 
1.92 
36.56 
57. 08 
4.44 
1.24 
5.36 
78.31 
1.85 
8.80 
7,955 
14, 319 
7,823 
14, 081 
3.10 
36.12 
56.39 
4.39 
1.22 
5.43 
77.37 
1.83 
9.76 
14, 148 
7,729 
13, 912 
Kentucky No. 2. 
Mine 
sample 
A. 
1365 
5.76 
39.19 
47.74 
7.31 
3.63 
7,063 
12, 713 
8.49 
38.05 
7.10 
3.53 
Mine 
sample 
B. 
6,858 
12, 344 
1366 
2.60 
5.34 
38.61 
45.56 
10.49 
4.31 
7.80 
37.60 
44.38 
10.22 
4.20 
1461 
