1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Lignite

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Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16
Lignite
Ligonier, John Ligonier, Earl
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​LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood), an imperfectly formed coal, usually brownish in colour, and always showing the structure of the wood from which it was derived (see Coal).

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