... a pound of coal is called the "calorific value" or "heating value" of the coal. It can be found by taking a fair average sample of the coal used during the test, as explained in connection with weighing the coal, and sending the sample to a chemist, who will make a calorimeter test to ... — Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing • Rufus T. Strohm
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