The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... tons in weight , was moved fifteen feet inwards . The whole coast was strewed over with timber and furniture , as if a thousand ships had been wrecked . As Mr. Darwin walked along the shore , he observed that nume- rous fragments of ...
... tons in weight , was moved fifteen feet inwards . The whole coast was strewed over with timber and furniture , as if a thousand ships had been wrecked . As Mr. Darwin walked along the shore , he observed that nume- rous fragments of ...
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... tons , against the sides of the shaft as it descended , accumulated an enormous mass of rubbish and broken timbers at the depth of 138 yards from the surface . Two hundred and four colliers were thus shut out from all hope of rescue ...
... tons , against the sides of the shaft as it descended , accumulated an enormous mass of rubbish and broken timbers at the depth of 138 yards from the surface . Two hundred and four colliers were thus shut out from all hope of rescue ...
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... purpose of a draining gallery and of a navigable canal . The water is always kept at a height of from fifty to sixty inches ; and the boats , which carry about DRAINAGE OF MINES . 271 five tons , are propelled 270 THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD .
... purpose of a draining gallery and of a navigable canal . The water is always kept at a height of from fifty to sixty inches ; and the boats , which carry about DRAINAGE OF MINES . 271 five tons , are propelled 270 THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD .
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Georg Hartwig. DRAINAGE OF MINES . 271 five tons , are propelled by means of a chain attached to the vault , along which the boatmen drag or push them for- ward . In this economical manner about 20,000 tons of ore are annually brought to ...
Georg Hartwig. DRAINAGE OF MINES . 271 five tons , are propelled by means of a chain attached to the vault , along which the boatmen drag or push them for- ward . In this economical manner about 20,000 tons of ore are annually brought to ...
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... tons ; but since then mining has been carried on more extensively and deeper , and consequently additional steam - power has become neces- sary to keep pace with the increasing waters . * Even to the eye of an observer who is practised ...
... tons ; but since then mining has been carried on more extensively and deeper , and consequently additional steam - power has become neces- sary to keep pace with the increasing waters . * Even to the eye of an observer who is practised ...
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