. Bulletin. LOCOMOTIVE TESTS. 13 before being briquetted. It showed but little change due to thisexposure except a decided increase in moisture, winch, however, waseliminated in the briquetting process. BRIQUETS TESTED. The briquets tested wore of two sizes, and the amount of bindingmaterial in them ranged from 5 to 8 per cent. The larger size, calledin the tests square, was rectangular in form, about 3 by 4\ by 6|inches, with slightly rounded corners, and weighed about 3$ size of briquet, called round, was cylindrical with con-vex ends, had B diameter of about 3 inches and a le
. Bulletin. LOCOMOTIVE TESTS. 13 before being briquetted. It showed but little change due to thisexposure except a decided increase in moisture, winch, however, waseliminated in the briquetting process. BRIQUETS TESTED. The briquets tested wore of two sizes, and the amount of bindingmaterial in them ranged from 5 to 8 per cent. The larger size, calledin the tests square, was rectangular in form, about 3 by 4\ by 6|inches, with slightly rounded corners, and weighed about 3$ size of briquet, called round, was cylindrical with con-vex ends, had B diameter of about 3 inches and a length over theconvex ends of 2 inches, and weighed about one-half pound. The binding material in all the briquets was water-gas pitch. Thismaterial was Furnished at the briquetting plant of the United StatesLogical Surve\ . in St. Louis, at $9 per ton, or cent per leasi amount of binding material that would make perfectbriquets was found to be 5 per cent of the weight of the coal, Theof the hin
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