A History of Coal Mining in Great Britain
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Difficulties there are even with its aid; but, in the case of deep mining, what vastly greater, what insuperable difficulties would have existed, had science not armed the miners with the wonderful insulated lamp, which warns them of the presence of their invisible enemy, and protects them from its power.
The dates cited in the above narrative can, we think, be established beyond the possibility of controversy. It is perhaps almost unnecessary to remark that both Dr. Clanny and Mr. Stephenson s...ubsequently adopted the Davy wire gauze in their lamps, but for which vital improvement they would long since have been laid aside.
V 182 A HISTOKY OF COAL MINING [CHAP. Xvn.
& CHAPTER XVII.
EXTENDED USE OF THE STEAM-ENGINE ; THE LOCO- MOTIVE J STEAMBOATS. INTRODUCTION OF GAS- LIGHTING.
" Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. " DARWIN.
WE have seen that the chief use to which the steam- engine was put for a long period subsequent to the date of its first invention was to draw water from coal and other mines ; then it came to be applied indirectly to draw the coal out of the pits through the medium of the double water-wheel ; and soon after the invention of the double-acting engine by Watt it began to come into general use applied directly to the shaft of the drum, or rope-roll, and quickly superseded the previous circuitous arrangement.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Difficulties there are even with its aid; but, in the case of deep mining, what vastly greater, what insuperable difficulties would have existed, had science not armed the miners with the wonderful insulated lamp, which warns them of the presence of their invisible enemy, and protects them from its power.
The dates cited in the above narrative can, we think, be established beyond the possibility of controversy. It is perhaps almost unnecessary to remark that both Dr. Clanny and Mr. Stephenson s...ubsequently adopted the Davy wire gauze in their lamps, but for which vital improvement they would long since have been laid aside.
V 182 A HISTOKY OF COAL MINING [CHAP. Xvn.
& CHAPTER XVII.
EXTENDED USE OF THE STEAM-ENGINE ; THE LOCO- MOTIVE J STEAMBOATS. INTRODUCTION OF GAS- LIGHTING.
" Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. " DARWIN.
WE have seen that the chief use to which the steam- engine was put for a long period subsequent to the date of its first invention was to draw water from coal and other mines ; then it came to be applied indirectly to draw the coal out of the pits through the medium of the double water-wheel ; and soon after the invention of the double-acting engine by Watt it began to come into general use applied directly to the shaft of the drum, or rope-roll, and quickly superseded the previous circuitous arrangement.
What to read after A History of Coal Mining in Great Britain?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert L Galloway to read onlineMoreLess
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