Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Absorption of Methane and Other Gases by Coal
That bituminous coal absorbs carbon dioxide with great readiness Richters found in 1870. He showed further that the carbon dioxide may be given up by the coal when in a vacuum. Prior to that time the absorption of oxygen by coal at ordinary temperatures was known.
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