On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion
The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years; but there is also a certain quantity produced by the workings. The author was informed by Mr. Hodgson, that if a cask be f...
| Published in: | Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1833
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0024 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1815.0024 |