A Scoopful Of Coal.

Here is what the D.T. and I. Railroad News considers that one scoopful of coal will do:—
In British Thermal Units it totals 187,000.
Foot pounds amount to 145,000,000.
It represents 73 horse-power hours.
This amount of energy if applied without loss would:
Lift a Ford coupe vertically 15 miles.
Light a 40-watt lamp for 1,360 hours. Evaporate 221 pounds of water (at 180 pounds pressure per square inch).
Lift a 3-ton elevator 4.6 miles.
Heat 1,040 pounds of water from freezing to boiling point.
Melt 1,300 lbs. of ice.
It is equivalent to 1.7 gallons of gasoline and as such would:
Drive a Ford car 34 miles
. Plough 2.6 acres of land.
Drive a 33-foot racing yacht 2 4/3 miles at 60 miles an hour.
Propel a hand power car 340 miles. With its energy released in a boiler it will:
Move 128 gross tons miles.
Blow a locomotive whistle 42 seconds.

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