Handbook of Mining and Tunnelling Machinery
Language: English
Published by Pitman Press, Bath, Avon, USA, 1982
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bookies books, Boyanup, WA, AustraliaBookies books
AbeBooks seller since October 21, 2021
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 680.78
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Book condition is near fine. Hard Cover 1st edition, published 1982. Dust jacket very good and intact. Book block is clean and unmarked all sides of the book. Book boards are clean and unmarked front and back of the book. Spine intact. Text body is clean and unmarked throughout the book. Ex-owner name in pen on the front book board. Over-all a very neat copy of the book. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the book weigh is over 500grams. Actual weight of the book is 1.963kg, The first edition is uncommon but not truly rare. Copies exist in libraries and on the commercial market, so it is best described as specialist and moderately scarce. The first edition is a comprehensive, chronologically structured survey of mining and tunnelling machinery, tracing their evolution from early prototypes to modern excavation, drilling, tunnelling, and hybrid systems. Purpose and Approach: * The book’s declared aim is to chart the development of mining and tunnelling machinery from inception to contemporary design. * It uses a chronological method to show how machines evolved, how design ideas influenced later models, and how both successes and failures shaped modern practice. * This approach prevents the work from becoming an unsorted compendium and instead creates a coherent narrative of technological progress. The book is divided into five major sections covering rock excavation, soft‑ground excavation, coal mining machinery, hybrid machines, and cutters. * Major Content Areas: Rock Excavation Machinery. This is the largest section (pp. 3–319) and includes nine chapters below. * Drills — horizontal, vertical, and raise drills; detailed histories of designs such as the Ingersoll rock drill. * Raise Drills & Shaft‑Boring Machines. Development of raise drilling, pilot hole methods, and major manufacturers (Robbins, Wirth, Williams Hughes). * Early Rock Tunnelling Machines. 19th–early 20th century machines. * Channel & Mersey Railway Tunnel Machines. Pioneering Channel Tunnel and Mersey Tunnel equipment. * Modern Rock Tunnelling Machines. National developments in the U.S., Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, and Britain. * Incline Boring Machines, Reaming Machines, and Mini Rock Tunnelling Machines — including rectangular and circular mini TBMs. * Water‑Jet Assisted Machines. Early water‑jet cutters and TBMs. * Shields and Mechanized Shields. historical shield designs from Brunel to Greathead, and mechanized shields through the 20th century. * Pressurized Plenum Chamber Machines, Slurry Machines, and Earth Pressure Balanced Machines — early slurry use, bentonite systems, and EPB shield evolution. Over-all a rare and scarce book. Remember the extra charges for over-sea shipping as the weight of the book is 1.963kg. Exceed 500grams. . .…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Handbook of Mining and Tunnelling Machinery
- Author
- Barbara Stack
- Publisher
- Pitman Press, Bath, Avon, USA
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471279374
- ISBN 13
- 9780471279372
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1.963 kilograms
Bookies books
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