Summary of Contents:—Horizontal Pumping Engines.—Rotary and Non-Rotary Horizontal Engines.—Simple and Compound Steam Pumps.—Vertical Pumping Engines.—Rotary and Non-Rotary Vertical Engines.—Simple and Compound Steam Pumps.—Triple-Expansion Steam Pumps.—Pulsating Steam Pumps.—Pump Valves.—Sinking Pumps, &c., &c.
“This volume contains an immense amount of important and interesting new matter. The book should undoubtedly prove of great use to all who wish for information on the subject, inasmuch as the different patterns of steam pumps are not alone lucidly described and clearly illustrated, but in addition numerous tables are supplied, in which their sizes, capacity, price, &c., are set forth, hence facilitating immensely the rational selection of a pump to suit any purpose that the reader may desire, or, on the other hand, supplying him with useful information about any of the pumps that come within the scope of the volume.”—The Engineer.
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 preparing for First-class Certificates. By Caleb Pamely, Mining Engineer and Surveyor; Member of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; and Member of the South Wales Institute of Mining Engineers. With 700 Plans, Diagrams, and other Illustrations. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged, medium 8vo, over 900 pp. Strongly bound
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Summary of Contents:—Geology.—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.—Underground Conveyance.—Drainage.—The Gases met with in Mines; Ventilation.—On the Friction of Air in Mines.—The Priestman Oil Engine; Petroleum and Natural Gas.—Surveying and Planning.—Safety Lamps and Firedamp Detectors.—Sundry and Incidental Operations and Appliances.—Colliery Explosions.—Miscellaneous Questions and Answers.—Appendix: Summary of Report of H.M. Commissioners on Accidents in Mines.
“Mr. Pamely has not only given us a comprehensive reference book of a very high order, suitable to the requirements of mining engineers and colliery managers, but has also provided mining students with a class-book that is as interesting as it is instructive.”—Colliery Manager.
“Mr. Pamely’s work is eminently suited to the purpose for which it is intended, being clear, interesting, exhaustive, rich in detail, and up to date, giving descriptions of the latest machines in every department. A mining engineer could scarcely go wrong who followed this work.”—Colliery Guardian.
“This is the most complete ‘all-round’ work on coal-mining published in the English language.... No library of coal-mining books is complete without it.”—Colliery Engineer (Scranton, Pa., U.S.A.).