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本帖最后由 第四弦 于 2020-11-3 13:04 编辑
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Coal varied considerably in heat content, weight and in price and was not always easy to obtain. Maintenance of coal stocks was a major task; in the 1870s the P&O line owned 170 sailing colliers to maintain its steamship service to India. The map shows some of the more important stations supporting trade in peacetime and Imperial communications in time of war.
Prices varied from place to place: Welsh cost (1912) 23/ton in Gibraltar, 26/- in Port Said, 36/- at Suez and 35/at Singapore. Also at Singapore Natal coal cost 25/- and Australian 24/-. Prices at the pithead (1910) for comparison were Australia 7/6, India 5/1, Canada 10/5, South Africa 5/10.
Though Welsh was preferred, the price differential was usually too great east of Suez and it was only used by warships.5 Cheaper coal was bulky, quick-burning and with poor heat content and much ash. The lack of coaling stations in the Pacific (including the west coast of the USA) accounts for the survival of sail, both commercial and naval, in that ocean.
5. This was not of mere academic interest; in 1904 the Japanese fleet used local coal as much as possible, reserving limited stocks of Welsh coal for the decisive battle.
来源 | 燃烧热(单位:BTU,代表1磅的水升温1华氏度所需热量) | 每吨煤的体积(立方英尺) | 威尔士优等 | 15788 | - | 威尔士普通 | 14858 | 42.7 | 德比郡 | 13860 | 47.4 | 苏格兰 | 14164 | 42.0 | 美国(Bitum) | 13861 | 42.4 |
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