The Colliery Manager's Handbook: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Laying-out and Working of Collieries Designed as a Book of Reference for Colliery Managers and for the Use of Coal-Mining Students for First Class Certificates

Language: English

Published by Crosby Lockwood and Co., London UK, 1898

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xxiv + 940 pages incl. indices + xxvii pages adverts front to rear. No dustjacket. Figures 35 & 36 are MISSING, either having been removed, or we suspect, never having been printed as there is a blank sheet of paper with the top torn bound between pages 88 & 89. Dark blue hardback binding, gilt-coloured titles and small logo to spine, a light blue blotch to top spine-end 2cm, a similar blotch to bottom spine-end & slight small light shiny marks to spine & front hinge. Some wear with creases to spine-ends, wear to boards' corners which have some damp blanching to binding. A few pages have one or two marks but is overall pages are clean. Excellent B&W illustrations & diagrams. The chapters in this book are : - Search for Coal ; Mineral Leases and Other Holdings; Shaft Sinking; Fitting up the Shaft, and Surface Arrangements; Steam Boilers and their Fittings ; Timbering and Walling ; Narrow Work and Methods of Working ; Surface Railways and Underground Conveyance; Drainage; The Gases of the Coal Mine : Ventilating ; The Friction of Air in Mines : Ventilation ; The Priestman Oil Engine : Petroleum and Natural Gas ; Surverying and Planning ; Lighting: Safety Lamps, Firedamp Detectors; Carbonic Acid Gas Detector, Naked Lights; Sundry and Incidental Operations and Appliances ; Colliery Explosions ; Miscellaneous Questions and Answers.…

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Title
The Colliery Manager's Handbook: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Laying-out and Working of Collieries Designed as a Book of Reference for Colliery Managers and for the Use of Coal-Mining Students for First Class Certificates
Author
Pamely, Caleb
Publisher
Crosby Lockwood and Co., London UK
Publication year
1898
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
No Dustjacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
Fourth Edition Revised & Enlarged
Dimensions
9 3/4" Tall by 7" Wide

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