01586cam a22003251i 4500 gs 06000776 DLC 20260227111304.0 790302s1906 dcu f001 0 eng gs 06000776 (OCoLC)4707760 DLC ICharE OCoLC DLC premarc n-us-mo TP328 .A5 1906b Geological Survey (U.S.) Preliminary report on the operations of the fuel-testing plant of the United States Geological survey at St. Louis, Mo., 1905. / Joseph A. Holmes in charge. Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1906. 240, iv p. ; 24 cm. U.S. Geological survey. Bulletin no. 290 Subject series: A, Economic geology, 79; E, Chemistry and physics, 48. Issued also as House doc. no. 838, 59th Cong., 1st sess. "Literature relating to peat and its utilization" : p. 11-15. "Partial bibliography of briquetting" : p. 48-52. Contents.- Introduction, by J. A. Holmes.- Field work, by E. W. Parker and J. Shober Burrows.- Work of the chemical laboratory, by N. W. Lord.- Washing tests, by John D. Wick.- Steaming tests, by L. P. Breckenridge.-Producer-gas tests, by Robert H. Fernald.- Coking tests, by A. W. Belden.-Briquetting tests, by J. A. Holmes.- Detailed report of tests. Includes index. Coal Testing. Holmes, J. A. (Joseph Austin), 1859-1915. Geological Survey (U.S.). Bulletin ; no. 290. 24473 24473