Mine Drainage

Being a Complete and Practical Treatise on Direct-Acting Underground Steam Pumping Machinery

By:

Stephen Michell

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

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Stephen Michell's 1881 work covers the full range of engines and steam-pumps available for draining mines in the nineteenth century. An expert on contemporary mining technology, Michell co-authored the essays 'The Best Mining Machinery' and 'The Cornish System of Mine Drainage' prior to writing this comprehensive survey. Mine Drainage represents the first attempt to gather in one book information previously located in various journals (and therefore difficult to find), and documentation about engines by their (possibly biased) manufacturers. The book also contains almost 140 illustrations of the diverse pumps and engines discussed. After a short introduction, the material is organised into two main sections, focusing on horizontal and vertical engines. Within those categories it discusses rotary and non-rotary engines, and simple and compound steam-pumps. The book will interest historians of technology, science, engineering, and mining in the Victorian period.

Release date Australia

May 19th, 2011

Author

Stephen Michell

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

21 Plates, black and white; 65 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

370

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Dimensions

140x216x21

ISBN-13

9781108026659

Product ID

10060382

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