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Early Use Of Coal In China.
Marco Polo, the Portugese, was the first European
since the days of Greek and Roman ascendancy
to explore the remote parts of Asia. This
was in the latter part of the thirteenth century.
In Marco Polo's account of his travels, is found
,the following reference to "stones which are
burnt instead of wood": "It may be observed,
also, that throughout the whole province of Cathay
there are a kind of black stones cut from the
mountains in veins, which burn like logs. They
maintain the fire better than wood. If you put
them on in the evening they will preserve it the
whole night and will be found burning in the
morning. Throughout the whole of Cathay this
fuel is used. They have also wood indeed, but
the stones are much less expensive." This early
reference to coal shows that the Chinese possessed
a knowledge of its use six hundred years ago, before
coal was much used in Europe.
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