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• coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …   Universalium

• Coal Miner (statue) — Coal Miner, John J. Szaton, 1966, front view Year 1966 (1966) Type bronze statue Dimensions 220 cm × 67 cm × 71 cm (85 in × 26.5 in …   Wikipedia

• Coal gasification — is the process of producing coal gas, a type of syngas–a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O)–from coal. Coal gas, which is a combustible gas, was traditionally used as a source of energy for …   Wikipedia

• Coal liquefaction — is the process of producing synthetic liquid fuels from coal. Contents 1 Methods 1.1 Pyrolysis and carbonization processes 1.2 Hydrogenation processes 1.3 …   Wikipedia

• Coal — Sedimentary Rock Anthracite coal Composition Primary carbon Secondary hydrogen, sulfur …   Wikipedia

• Coal mining in India — Coal reserves in BTUs as of 2009 Coal mining in India has a long history of commercial exploitation covering nearly 220 years starting in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along… …   Wikipedia

• Coal Creek War — A drawing from Harper s Weekly showing Coal Creek miners firing on Fort Anderson in 1892 …   Wikipedia

• Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs — Merrie Melodies series Coal Black title card. Directed by …   Wikipedia

• Coal tax post — Coal tax posts were marker posts, about 250 in number, first erected in 1851 and forming a rough circle about twenty miles from the centre of London, England, to mark the points where taxes on coal and wine due to the Corporation of London had to …   Wikipedia

• Coal mining in Kentucky — Coal was discovered in Kentucky in 1750. Since the first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 coal has gained both economic importance and controversy regarding its environmental consequences. As of 2010 there are 442 operating coal mines in the… …   Wikipedia