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• Chapter I. Introductory and Historical 17
  • Fuels and their distribution 17
  • Early notices of Texas brown coals 18
  • Early experiments in burning 21
  • Early experiments in coking and briquetting 22
  • Acknowlegements 24
• Chapter II. Brown Coal.—Its Origin, Formation, Physical and Chemical Character 25
  • Classification of coal 25
    • Coal of Coal Measures 25
    • Coal of Cretaceous 25
    • Coal of Tertiary 25
  • Brown Coal and Lignite 26
  • Origin 26
    • Character of vegetation 27
    • Character due to maceration 30
  • Formation 31
    • Decomposition of vegetable matter 31
      • In contact with air 31
      • Out of contact with air 31
    • The deposition of the decomposed materials 34
      • At the place of origin 34
      • At other localities 40
    • The subsequent alteration of the deposits by slow or more rapid metamorphism 43
  • Physical character of brown coal 43
    • Specific gravity 43
    • Hardness 43
    • Coherence 44
    • Cleavage 44
    • Jointed structure 44
    • Fracture 44
    • Color 44
    • Lustre 44
    • Streak and powder 44
    • Contents of coal in hygroscopic water 44
    • Ashes of brown coal 45
  • Chemical properties of brown coal 46
    • Composition 46
    • Action of reagents 47
  • Classification of Texas brown coals 48
    • Lignite 49
    • Earthy brown coal 49
    • Brown coal 50