The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Science |
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... described further on . Far more serious are these cases when a single blow of a pick taps an enormous reservoir of pent up gas , and an outburst follows , with a roar like that produced by the escape of high - pressure steam , so ...
... described further on . Far more serious are these cases when a single blow of a pick taps an enormous reservoir of pent up gas , and an outburst follows , with a roar like that produced by the escape of high - pressure steam , so ...
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... described would render a mine , in which gas exuded uniformly and slowly from the coal , abso- lutely safe ; but they do not alone suffice where the outbursts of known as " blowers " are liable to occur 20 POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW .
... described would render a mine , in which gas exuded uniformly and slowly from the coal , abso- lutely safe ; but they do not alone suffice where the outbursts of known as " blowers " are liable to occur 20 POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW .
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... described in the " Rudi- mentary Treatise on Coal and Coal Mining , " by Mr. War- rington Smyth ( Lockwood & Co. , 1872 ) . Unluckily , when perfect ventilation and an efficient safety- lamp have been provided , the colliery manager's ...
... described in the " Rudi- mentary Treatise on Coal and Coal Mining , " by Mr. War- rington Smyth ( Lockwood & Co. , 1872 ) . Unluckily , when perfect ventilation and an efficient safety- lamp have been provided , the colliery manager's ...
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... described by Prillieux and other botanists , from whose observations it appears that the plants in question naturally pass through several stages , which , for our present purpose , it is not necessary to detail , and these stages may ...
... described by Prillieux and other botanists , from whose observations it appears that the plants in question naturally pass through several stages , which , for our present purpose , it is not necessary to detail , and these stages may ...
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... described . Of these at least twenty - five are venomous . This estimate excludes the Hydrophida . The true vipers are represented by only two species . The other terres- trial venomous snakes are about equally divided between the two ...
... described . Of these at least twenty - five are venomous . This estimate excludes the Hydrophida . The true vipers are represented by only two species . The other terres- trial venomous snakes are about equally divided between the two ...
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