It said people were substituting coal for wood because it was cheaper, and hardware stores reported selling two coal stoves for each wood stove. At that time, just before trains reached Aspen, heating ...

Amish-owned DS Machine manufactures and sells anthracite coal and wood stoves – products often used in Amish homes. With the high cost of home heating, others across the country are buying the ...

The jewel of Russell’s Smith’s antique coal and gas stove collection is an 1887 Germer coal stove, made in Erie and considered the “Cadillac” of stoves back in the day, with decorative medallions of ...

HONESDALE, Penn., Oct. 20.--It is but a few years ago that stove coal was the smallest size into which anthracite was broken for market.

This article was originally published with the title “ Hints on the Burning of Anthracite Coal ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 21 No. 12 (September 1869), p. 186 doi:10.1038 ...