 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 pages
...water-side, and worked by drawing a level from the river into the side of the mine, the coal being being laden in boats from the mouth of a horizontal...fire much better than wood ; insomuch that it may he preserved during the night, and in the morning be found still burning. These stones do not flame,... | |
 | Thomas Allom - 1843 - 260 pages
...appear to have applied it to manufacturing purposes. " There is found," writes that eminent traveller, "a sort of black stone, which they dig out of mountains,...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat." CEREMONY OF "MEETING THE SPRING." " Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come,... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 286 pages
...that throughout the province of Kataia there is found a kind of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted it...be preserved during the night, and in the morning will be found still burning. These stones do not flame excepting a little when first lighted, but during... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 284 pages
...that throughout the province of Kataia there is found a kind of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted it...be preserved during the night, and in the morning will be found still burning. These stones do not flame excepting a little when first lighted, but during... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1846 - 514 pages
...level from the river into the side of the mine, the coal being laden in boats from the mouth of an horizontal shaft. The character given by Du Halde...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat."* From the neighbourhood of Canton to the sea, the rocks are composed of red sandstone... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 pages
...any other. Throughout this province there is found a sort of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted, it...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat. It is true there is no scarcity of wood in the country, but the multitude of inhabitants... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 pages
...any other. Throughout this province there is found a sort of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted, it...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable ieat. It is true there is no scarcity of wood in the country, but the multitude of inhabitants... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 pages
...any other. Throughout this province there is found a sort of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted, it...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat. It is true there is no scarcity of wood in the country, but the multitude of inhabitants... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1857 - 442 pages
...mineral as fuel, so long ago as the end of the thirteenth century, is shown by the following VOL. II. P accurate description of Marco Polo : — He says,...first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat" * From the neighbourhood of Canton to the sea, the rocks are composed of red sandstone... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1997 - 324 pages
...any other. Throughout this province there is found a sort of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted, it...still burning. These stones do not flame, excepting a litde when first lighted, but during their ignition give out a considerable heat. It is true mere is... | |
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Throughout this province there is found a sort of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, where it runs in veins. When lighted, it burns like charcoal, and retains the fire much better than wood; insomuch that it may be preserved during the... 
