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Definition of Bituminous coal
1. Noun. Rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bituminous Coal
Literary usage of Bituminous coal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company, John B. Litto, Steven C. Stultz (1913)
"CANNEL coal is a variety of bituminous coal, rich in hydrogen and hydrocarbons,
and is exceedingly valuable as a gas coal. It has a dull resinous luster and ..."
2. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"Anthracite graduates through semi-anthracite into bituminous coal, ... A bituminous
coal which softens and becomes pasty or semi- viscid in the fire. ..."
3. The Mining Magazine (1855)
"bituminous coal TRADE OF PENNSYLVANIA. On this subject, the North American
furnishes the following interesting facts:— THE bituminous coal ..."
4. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1884)
"IT is remarkable that the introduction of bituminous coal in the blast furnaces
... bituminous coal had been discovered in the United States long before any ..."
5. Immigration and Labor: The Economic Aspects of European Immigration to the by Isaac Aaronovich Hourwich (1922)
"PER CENT OF MACHINE-MINED bituminous coal AND PER CENT RATIO OF FOREIGN-BORN FROM
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE FOR EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL COAL-PRODUCING ..."
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