. Bulletin. FOREIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR BRIQUETS. It The conclusion to be drawn from a rather careful inquiry amongGerman users of briquets, chiefly in locomotive service, is to the effectthat the process of briquetting gives a fuel which can be handled andstored with greater facility and with less loss than natural coals,which is of satisfactory thermal value, and the use of winch conservesthe countrys resources. THE BRIQUET IX1U STKV IX liKLCUM \M» I KAX( K. In Belgium, and to a lesser degree in France, the bituminous-fuelbriquet is of greater importance than in Germany. All the Belgiancoak a

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. Bulletin. FOREIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR BRIQUETS. It The conclusion to be drawn from a rather careful inquiry amongGerman users of briquets, chiefly in locomotive service, is to the effectthat the process of briquetting gives a fuel which can be handled andstored with greater facility and with less loss than natural coals,which is of satisfactory thermal value, and the use of winch conservesthe countrys resources. THE BRIQUET IX1U STKV IX liKLCUM \M» I KAX( K. In Belgium, and to a lesser degree in France, the bituminous-fuelbriquet is of greater importance than in Germany. All the Belgiancoak are fine, nothing approaching the lump coals of Germany, ofEngland, or of the United States being obtainable, except throughimportation. In Belgium, therefore, the briquet is a more serviceable form of fuel than native coal in its natural state. On the Belgian State railways natural coal is used more or less in freight service, butbriquets are used exclusively in passenger service. As they aremanufactured by

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