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" mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly on with the safe-lamps, and, with the utmost confidence, prove the actual state of the mine. By observing attentively the several appearances upon the flame of the... "
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition ... - Page 18
by Andrew Ure - 1856
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A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in ..., Volume 2

Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 512 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain...accidents which happened to the most experienced and cautious miners, is completely developed ; and this has hitherto been in a great measure matter of...
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On the Safety Lamps for Coal Miners, with Some Researches on Flame

Sir Humphry Davy - Coal mines and mining - 1825 - 174 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly on with the safe lamps, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine. By observing attentively...
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The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby

Stephen Glover - Derbyshire (England) - 1831 - 510 pages
...contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its ргesэпсe, we walk firmly on with the safety lamps, and, with the utmost confidence, prove the actual...accidents which happened to the most experienced and cautious miners, is completely developed ; and this has hitherto been in a great measure matter of...
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Memoirs of the life of sir Humphry Davy, Volume 2

John Davy - 1836 - 436 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly on with the safe lamps, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine. By observing attentively...
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A memoir of the rev. John Hodgson, Volume 1

James Raine - 1857 - 426 pages
...all impaired. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly on with tho safety-lamps, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine.'' This is an admirable...
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Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Mines for the Year Ending ...

Coal mines and mining - 1875 - 762 pages
...presence, we walk boldly forward with the safety-lamp, and with the utmost confidence prove the art u.-il state of the mine. By observing attentively the several...flame of the lamp, in an examination of this kind, the causes of accidents which happened to the most experienced and cautious miners is completely developed,...
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The Coal Mines: Containing a Description of the Various Systems of Working ...

Andrew Roy - Coal mines and mining - 1876 - 436 pages
...of the gas. Instead of creeping, inch by inch, with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk boldly forward with the safetylamp, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine....
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Inorganic chemistry

W B. Kemshead - 1881 - 304 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly on with the safety lamp, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine. By observing attentively...
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Humphry Davy: Poet and Philosopher

Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 256 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly in with the safe lamps, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine. By observing...
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Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher

Thomas Edward Thorpe - Chemistry - 1896 - 282 pages
...situation of the gas. Instead of creeping inch by inch with a candle, as is usual, along the galleries of a mine suspected to contain fire-damp, in order to ascertain its presence, we walk firmly in with the safe lamps, and with the utmost confidence prove the actual state of the mine. By observing...
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