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Definition of Cannel coal
1. Noun. A bituminous coal that burns with a luminous flame.
Definition of Cannel coal
1. Noun. A kind of mineral coal of a black colour, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished, and formerly burned as a substitute for candles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannel Coal
Literary usage of Cannel coal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1905)
"On the Sparks Branch of the Right Fork, as imperfectly opened at 785, this bed
shows 24 inches of slaty cannel coal. The 4th coal, at elevation 835 on the ..."
2. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey, Kentucky State Geologist (1910)
"This is the thickest cannel coal on the line of the section, and in quality it
is equal to any. It does not contain as much volatile combustible matter as ..."
3. Manual of Coal and Its Topography: Illustrated by Original Drawings, Chiefly by J. Peter Lesley (1856)
"cannel coal is carbon, nearly pure from clay and sand; ... it greatly resembles,
and has been repeatedly presented for true cannel coal. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"The following are the results of an assay of the Peytona cannel coal, ...
13.00 100.00" The cannel coal of the Main Bed has in some parts of the mine red ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"It seems to be conceded by the plaintiffs that if the cannel coal can be regarded
... And it is not pretended that the cannel coal used on this occasion was ..."
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