Notes and Formulae for Mining Students (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

John Herman Merivale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331983401 ISBN 13: 9781331983408

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Notes and Formulae for Mining Students

I AM frequently asked by students to advise them as to the course of study they should pursue in order to pass the Colliery Managers' examination; or, more generally, to enable them to become properly qualified mining engineers.

So far as the certificate is concerned, I have always found (premising, of course, a thorough knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic), that an intimate acquaintance with all the details of a colliery, both above and below ground, is of much more importance than book learning. The student should, however, have the Mines Act, General and Special Rules at his fingers' ends, and such a knowledge of the theory of the gases and ventilation as may be obtained from Atkinson's? Book. But, of the man who aspires to a high place amongst the mining engineers of the next gene ration, something more than this is required. Every year the necessity of a thorough grounding in certain depart ments of science is becoming more apparent, and I have no hesitation in saying that the successful English mining engineer of the future will have to be (as his continental rival long has been), not only a good practical man. But a man of science as well.

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Excerpt from Notes and Formulae for Mining Students The following pages do not profess to contain much original matter. They are a collection of notes and formulae, drawn from various sources, my authority being quoted in most instances, and were originally compiled for the students in the Durham College of Science, because I could find no suitable textbook at a moderate cost. They are now re-issued, revised, and enlarged, in a form which I trust may be useful not only to students but to my professional brethren. The principal sources of information upon mining matters arc the Transactions of the various engineering societies to which the student, in most of our large towns, has access. I have given a great many references to the most familiar of them, so that the student, who wishes to follow up a subject, may be in a position to acquaint himself with details which want of space does not permit me to include in a work like this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331983401
• ISBN 13: 9781331983408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220