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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

April '.28, 1916.

No. 60.	'

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TH E COLLI ERY GUARDIAN

MONTHLY LIST OF RECENT COAL LITERATURE

I.—General.

Mobile as a Coal Port : Its Status and Future. “ Blank
Diamond,” Mar. 11, p. 210; '5 fig.

Economies in a Small Coal Mine. H. A. Everest.
“ Coal. Tr. Bull.,” Mar. 15, p. 33. (Paper read before
Amer. Inst. Alin. Engin.)

Aline Accidents and Uniform Records. A. H. Fay.
“ Coal Tr. Bull.,” Alar. 15, p. 43. (Paper read before
Pan-Amer. Scient. Cong.)

Coal Shipping from China and Japan. F. J. Warden-
Stevens. “ Coal Age,” Alar. 25, p. 531; 3 fig.

Engineering Applications of Automatic Weighing
Alachinery. “ Cassler’s Eng. Althly.,” Apr.,-p. 258;
7 fig.

Iron and Steel for Colliery Work. W. Simons. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Alar. 31, p. 606. (From a paper read-before
the Nth. Staffs Inst, of Alin, and Meeh.. Engin.)

The Coal Situation in Canada. W. J. Dick. “ Colliery
Guard.,’.’ Apr. 7, p. 650; 1 fig. (From a paper read
before the Can. Alin. Inst.)

Coal Fields of the United States. Al. R. Campbell.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 7, p. 651. (From a paper
read before the Pan-Amer. Scient. Cong.)

Fuel Economy. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 14, p. 718.

Coal Supplies of the Balkans (Die Kohlenversorgung des
Balkans). —Petraschek. “ Alont. Rdsch.,’’ Mar. 1,
p. 177; illus. (Coal deposits of the Balkan countries,
Greece and Turkey.)

The Mining Industry in the Kingdom of Poland (Die
Alontanindustrie im Konigreich Polen). “ Z. Ober-

• schl. Ver.,” Jan.-Feb., p. 9.

II.	—Education.

A Successful Centralisation of Township Schools. C. E.
Owen. “ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 601, 12 fig. (Central
fireproof school building for miners’ children,
AIcDowell County, W. Virginia.)

III.	—Geology.

Introduction to Field Geology (Anleitung zum geo-
logischen Beobachten, Kartieren und Profilieren). H.
Hofer von Heimhalt, 91 pp., 26 fig., Brunswick, 1915,
F. Vieweg and Sohn, 2*80 mk.

Petrified Trees- in Rosedeer Aline. J. Hargreaves.
“Sc. and Art of. Min. ” (From paper read before
Rocky Alountain Branch, Can. Min. Inst.)

IY.—Mine Surveying.

Adaptation of Alodern Traverse Tables to Mine Surveys.

L. D. Tracy. “ Coal Age,” Mar. 25, p. 528; 3 fig.

Y.—Mining Technology.

The Application and Earning Power of Chemistry in the
Coal Alining Industry. E. M. Chance. “ Trans.
Amer. Inst. Min. Engini,” Apl., p. 711.

VI.—Working of Minerals.

Alethodical Pillar Drawing. W. N. Wetzel. “ Coal
Age,” Mar. 25, p. 535. (Paper read before. Utah Fuel
Company’s employees.)

Special Methods of Working Coal. —. Wenlock. “ Sc.
and Art of Min.,” Apr. 8, p. 416; 5 fig.

Deep Alining with Ironclad Coal Cutters. R. A. Lowry.

“ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 7, p. 651; 3 fig. (Mine and
Quarry.)

The Most Suitable Alethod of Laying Out Open-Cast
Workings (Ueber die zweckmassigste Streckung von
Tagebaufeldern).	—. Herwegen.	‘ ‘ Braunk., ”

Alar. 3, p. 561; Alar. 10, p. 571; Alar. 24, p. 591; illus.

VII.-—Boring, Shaft Sinking, and Tunnelling.

Tempering Aline Drills. H. Spottiswood. “ Comp.
Air Alag.,” Mar., p. 7934.

The Sinking and Equipment of a Circular Shaft. J.
Nisbet. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 14, p. 702. (From
a paper read before the Alin. Inst, of Scotld.)

YIII.—Explosives, Blasting.

Liquid Air as an Explosive. “ Alin. Alag.,” Apr., p.
193; 1 fig.

IX.—Timbering, Packing, etc.

Calculation of Mine Dams. A. G. Morlock. “ Coal

Age,” Mar. 25, p. 534; 1 fig.	*

Application of Correct. Alethods. E. C. de.Wolfe. “ Coal
Age,” Apr. 1, p. 571; 6 fig.

Present State of the Question of Impregnating Pit
Timbers (Der gegenwartige Stand der Grubenholzim-
pragnierung). ■ “ Bergb.,” Alar. 2, p. 129; Mar. 9,
p. 145; illus.

Mine Roof Support. C. Moss. “ Black Diamond,”
Apr. 1, p. 281; 1 fig.

X.—Surface Arrangements.

Successful Reduction in Coal Breakage at Tipples. M.
Raymond. “ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 575; 5 fig.

The Rands Shaking Loader. “ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p.
578; 2 fig.

XI.—Winding and Haulage.

Types of Alodern Electric Winding. F. Anslow. “ Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Alar. 31‘, p. 368; 9 fig. (Paper read
before Assoc. Min. Elec. Engin.)

The New Alan Hoist at the Inspiration Con. Copper
Company, Arizona. “ Min. Eng. Wld.,” Alar. 18,
p. 561; 2 fig.

Ball Bearings for Aline Afotors. A. H. Alacaffray.
“ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 584.

Storage Battery Locomotive in a Coal Aline. F. J.
Foley. “ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 587; 2 fig.

Gross Compound Winding Engines for the Chislet
Colliery, near Canterbury. “Engineering,” Apr. 7,
p. 324; 20 fig.	,

The Calculation of Flywheel Motor-Generator Sets. F.
Aloeller. “ Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 31, p. 601, 7 fig.
(From a paper read before the Amer. Inst, of Min.
Engin.)

A Simple Shaft Gate. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 14,
p. 718, 1 fig. (From “ Coal Age.”)

Automatic Operation of Aline Hoists. H. K. Burch
and Al. A. Whiting. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 20,
p. 751; 2 fig. (From a paper read before the Amer.
Inst, of Min. Engin.)

Turn Outs for Mine and other Narrow Gauge Tracks.
R. D. Brown. “ Coal Age,” Apr. 8, p. 626; 2 fig.

XII.—Signalling.

Shaft Signalling at Pelton Collieries. “ Iron Coal Tr.
Rev.,” Apr. 21, p. 461; 3 fig.

' XIII.—Lighting.

Chance Acetylene. Safety Lamp. H. M. Chance. “ Coal
Age,” Apr. 1, p. 580; 3 fig.

XIY.—Ventilation.

Notes on an Underground Fan at Tinsley Park Colliery.
J. Ensor. “Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Alar. 31, p. 372.
(Paper read before Nat. Assoc. Coll. Alan.)

Ventilation Without Crosscuts. W. J. Montgomery.
“ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 583; 3 fig.

XY.—Mine Gases, Testing.

Copper Oxide for the Fractional Combustion of Hydrogen
and Carbon Alonoxide in Gas Alixtures. G. A.
Burrell and G. G. Oberfell. “ Gas Wld.,” Apr. 15,
p. 359.

Accident's from Poisonous Asphyxiating Gases in Mines.

L. G. Irvine. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 7, p. 653.
(From “ Aledical Journal of South Africa.”) .

The Pressure of Gas in Coal Beds. N. H. Darton.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 20, p. 752. (From “ Bull.
72,” U.S.A. Bureau of Mines.)

XYL—Coal Dust.

Influence of Incombustible Substances on Coal Dust
Explosions. A. S. Blatchford. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Apr. 14, p. 704. (Paper read before N. of England
Inst, of Min. and Meeh. Engin.) .

Stone Dusting v. Coal Dust. J. Ashworth. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Apr. 20, p. 765.	1

XIX.	—Rescue and Ambulance.

A New Type of Aline Breathing Apparatus. W. E.
Gibbs. “ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 14, p. 701; 4 fig.
(U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin.)

XX.	—Drainage, Pumping, etc.

How Two Pumps Affected Cost and Efficiency. J. J.
O’Connell.- “ Coal Age,” Apr. 1, p. 567; 4 fig.
(Centrifugal versus reciprocating pumps.)

Electrically Driven Sinking Pump. “Engineer,”
Apr. 14, p; 319, 2 fig.

The Installation and Erection of High-Speed Machinery.

J. A. McLay. Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Apr. 21, p. 462.
(Paper read before the Yorks. Branch of the Assoc.
Min. Elec. Engin.)

The Water Problem at the Old Dominion Mine. P. G.
Beckett. “ Trans. Amer. Inst. Min. Engin.,” Apr.,
p. 679; 11 fig.

XXI.—Preparation.

East Broad Top Coal Transfer and Preparation Plant.

H. J. Edsall. “ Coal Age,” Mar. 25, p. 524; 1 fig.

Economies in Coal Washing. S. Hunter. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Apr. 14, p. 705., (From a paper read before
the Manchester Geol. and Min. Soc.)

Jigging Anthracite Coal. E. E. Finn. “ Coal Age,”
Apr. 8, p. 623; 3 fig.

XXIII.—Coke Ovens and By-Products.

A New Method of Estimating Ammonia. G. E. Fox-
well. “ Gas. Wld.” (Coking Sectn.), Apr. 1, p. 10.

Coking and the Recovery and Working Up of By-Pro-
ducts. C. Barker. “ Gas Wld.” (Coking Sectn.),
Apr. 1, p. 18. (Paper read before Sheff. Univ. Gas
and Coke Oven Stud. Assoc.)

The Semet-Solvay Regenerative Oven : A Coke Cooling
Conveyor. “Gas Wld.” (Coking Sectn.),-Apr. 1,
p. 15; 2 fig.

Cause and Effect in By-Product Coking. C. M. E. “ Gas
Wld.” (Coking Sectn.), Apr. 1, p. 17.

Recovery of Benzol from Coal Gas (La Ricuperazione
del Benzole dal Gas Illuminante). A. Pacchioni.
“ Riv. Scient. Teen. Comm.,” Alar. 25, p. 107.

Rise and Development of Semet-Solvay Coke Ovens. K.
Shimomura. 44 wp., 33 fig.

Toluol and the Limestone Process. G. Stevenson.

“ Iron. Coal Tr. Rev.,” Apr. 7, p. 396. (From a
paper read before the Midland Assoc, of Gas. Engin.
and Alan.)	.	-

Wilton’s Sulphate of Ammonia Plant. ' “ Colliery
Guard.,” Alar. 31, p. 603; 2 fig.

Refractory Materials and Salty Coals. J. Cobb.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Alar. 31, p. 605. (From a paper
read before the Coke Oven Alan. Assoc.)

Alodern Coal and Coke Handling Alachinery, as Used in
the Manufacture of Gas. J. E. Lister. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Apr. 7, p. 649; 1 fig. (From a paper read
before the Soc. of Engin.)

Coking, the Recovery and Working Up of By-Products.

C.	Barber. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Apr. 21, p. 457.;

2 fig. (Paper read before the Sheff. Univ. Gas and
Coke Oven Stud. Assoc.)

Benzol from Coal Gas (Benzol aus Leuchtgas). —.
Glaser. “ Feuerungstechn.,” Alar. 1, p. 125.

XXIY.—Fuels, Testing, etc.

Coke Fuel for Steam Boilers. E. W. L. Nicol. “ JI.
of Gas Lighting,” Mar. 28, p. 695; “Gas Wld.,”
Apr. 1, p. 316; “ Gas,” Apr. 19, p. 254. (Paper read
before Bond. South Di-st. Jun. Gas. Assoc.)

Fusion Temperature of Ash. W. I. Stuckenberg and
J. F. Kohout. “ Bl. Diam.,” Alar. 18, p. 234; 5 fig.

Field Apparatus for Ash Determination. C. E. Lesher.

“ Colliery Guard.,” Apr. 20, p. 755; 2 fig. (From
Bull. 621A, U.S. Geol. Survey.)

Gas Producers at Collieries for Obtaining Power and
By-Products from Unsaleable Fuel. M. Al. Mills.
“ Trans. Inst. Min. Engin.,” vol. 50, pt. 4, p. 723;
13 fig-

Peat as Boiler Fuel (Die Wirtschaftlichkeit des Torf-
Dampfkesselbetriebes). —. Hellemans. “ Feuerungs-
techn.,” Alar. 1, p. 126; illus.

Coke Breeze in Boiler Firing and Producers (Die
Verwendung von Koksasche unter Dampfkesseln und
in Generatoren). “Bergb.,” Mar. 30, p. 193; illus.

New System of Coal Dust Firing (Neuere Kohlenstaub-
feuerungen).	—., Pradel. “ Z. Dampfk. Betr.,”

Mar. 24, p. 89; illus.

XXY.—Steam Engines and Boilers : Gas Engines.

Coke Oven Gas Engines at Cargo Fleet Works. “ Gas
Wld.” (Wk. .Sect.), Apr. 1, p. 16.

The Running of Boiler Plants and National Economy.

D.	Brownlie and H. Green. “Engineering,” Apr. 14,
p. 341.

Superheated Steam. T. Sugden. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Apr. 7, p. 652. (Abstract of paper read before the
S. Wales Inst. Engin.)

Higher Steam Pressures. R. Cramer. “ Iron Coal Tr.
Rev.,” Apr. 21, p. 465. (From a paper read before
the Amer. Soc. Meeh. Engin.)

Cooling' Towers at the Barugh Power Station of the
Yorkshire Waste Heat Company. “ Iron Coal Tr.
Rev.,” Apr. 21, p. 466; 2 fig.

Repairing Steam Boilers by Welding (Ausbesserungen
an Dampfkesseln mittels Schweissung). —. Frantz.
“ Wiener Dampfk. Z.,” Feb., p. 20.

Simple Tests for Lubricants (Einfache Schmierdlunter-
suchungen). Winkelmann. “ Dingl. J.,” Mar. 4,
p. 69.

Power from Heat (Kraft aus Warme). —. Gentsch.
“ Verb. Gewerbfl.,” Feb., p. 81; illus.

High-Speed Rotors and Critical Velocity (Schnell
umlaufende Rotoren und kritishe Geschwindigkeit).
—. Foppel. “ Z. Turb. Wes.,” Mar. 10, p. 75; illus.

Amount of Draught and Removal of Boiler Flue Gases
(Ueber den Zugaufwand und die Rauchgasfuhrung
von Dampfkesseln). —. Loschge. “ Z. Bayer. Rev.
V.,” Feb. 29, p. 25; Mar. 15, p. 35; illus. (Relation
between draught and boiler duty.)

Theory of Surface Condensers (Zur. Theorie. der
Berieselungskondensatoren). —. Krause. “ Z.
Kalteind.,” Mar., p. 29; illus.

XXYI.—Compressed Air.

Compressed Air for Coal Cutters. S. Mayor. “ Trans,
Inst. Alin. Engin.,” vol. 50, pt. 4, p. 625; 14 fig.