Combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon

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A tooth-drawer frightening his patient with a hot coal in order to be able to extract a tooth more easily. Etching by J. Collier after himself, 1773.

Fishmongers' Hall, Thames Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate allegorical carving above the doors, two fashionable ladies, a scholar and a coal-heaver in the street. Engraving by J. Greig after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.

Supply the bearer of this ticket (not transferable) with a bag of coals, value one shilling, or with one shilling's worth of groceries or flour / H.S. Thompson.

A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.

Apparatus for coal mining and two illustrations of coalmines. Engraving by A. Krausse for G. Heck.

A tooth-drawer frightening his patient with a hot coal causing him to pull away violently and extract a tooth. Coloured etching, 1810, after J. Collier.

A tooth-drawer frightening his patient with a hot coal causing him to pull away violently and extract a tooth. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.

Machinery designed by Smeaton for extracting coal from the pits. Etching by W. Lowry after J. Farey.

Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

Engineering: a patent furnace with continuous solid-fuel feed. Coloured lithograph.

Observations on the different strata of earths, and minerals. More particularly of such as are found in the coal-mines of Great Britain / By John Strachey.

Specification of James Palmer Budd : manufacture of coke.

Coal : a human history / Barbara Freese.

Our domestic fire-places : a treatise on the economical use of fuel and the prevention of smoke : with observations on the patent laws / Frederick Edwards, Jun.

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Coal

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Works from the collections

Observations on the different strata of earths, and minerals. More particularly of such as are found in the coal-mines of Great Britain / By John Strachey.

Specification of James Palmer Budd : manufacture of coke.

Coal : a human history / Barbara Freese.

Our domestic fire-places : a treatise on the economical use of fuel and the prevention of smoke : with observations on the patent laws / Frederick Edwards, Jun.

Fishmongers' Hall, Thames Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate allegorical carving above the doors, two fashionable ladies, a scholar and a coal-heaver in the street. Engraving by J. Greig after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.

Coal

Images from the collections

Images referencing Coal

Works from the collections

Observations on the different strata of earths, and minerals. More particularly of such as are found in the coal-mines of Great Britain / By John Strachey.

Specification of James Palmer Budd : manufacture of coke.

Coal : a human history / Barbara Freese.

Our domestic fire-places : a treatise on the economical use of fuel and the prevention of smoke : with observations on the patent laws / Frederick Edwards, Jun.

Fishmongers' Hall, Thames Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate allegorical carving above the doors, two fashionable ladies, a scholar and a coal-heaver in the street. Engraving by J. Greig after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.

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