Proposed Fuel-testing Station for London

Abstract

WILL you allow me to put before your readers the following proposition for the establishment of such a station, the desirability of which has been much impressed upon me within the last few years? So far as I know, there does not exist anything of the kind in this country where, as on the Continent, coals can be tested for their evaporative power, the gases of combustion analyzed, and all the results carefully reported on by experts. I subjoin a few details of the proposed station, with probable cost. It should, I consider, be placed on a perfectly independent footing, and managed by experts, under a small committee appointed by those who assist with money or otherwise. It might follow generally the lines of existing coal-testing stations, but with all modern improvements.