September 29, 1916.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

619

No. 65.

TH E COLLI ERY GUARDIAN

MONTHLY LIST OF RECENT COAL LITERATURE

I.—General.

The Nationalisation of the Coal Supply. “ Iron Coal
Tr. Bev.,” Aug. 25, p. 226. (From report of the
Fabian Research Dept.)

Coals and Other Minerals in Japan. Watson Smith.
“ JI. Soc. Arts,” Sept. 1, p. 712.

Safety and Efficiency in Coal Mining. J. Lloyd. “ Coal
Age,” Aug. 26, p. 332; 9 fig.

The Atmospheric Oxidation of Iron Pyrites. T. Ph
Winmill. “Trans Inst. Min. Engin.,” vol. 51, pt.
4, p. 500.

British and German Industrial Conditions. A. Stewart.
London : Odhams Limited. 6d.

The Coal Resources of the United Kingdom. A. Lupton.

Proc. S. Wales Inst. Engin.,” vol. 32, No. 2, p. 149.

Criminal Coal Wastage and Its Prevention. “ Eng.
Rev.,” Sept., p. 90.

Scientific and Industrial Research : Report of Advisory
Council. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Sept. 1, p. 247.

Investigation of the Peat Bogs and leaf Industry of .
Canada, 1913-14. A. Anrep. “ Bulletin 11,” Can.
Dept. Mines.

Newcastle Colliery, Blair Athol. “ Queensld. Govt.
Alin. JI.,” May 15, p. 210; 1 fig.

The Influence of Iron Pyrites on the Oxidation of Coal.

T. J. Drakeley. “ JI. Chem. See.,” Aug., p. 723.

British Association : Engineering Section, Presidential
Address. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 8, p. 453.
Economic Section, Presidential Address. Ibid., p.
454.

The Absorption of Oxygen by Coal. J. I. Graham.'
Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 15, p. 498. (From paper
read before Inst. Min. Engin.)

The Occlusion of Gases by Coal. J. I. Graham.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 15, p. 513. (From paper
read before Inst. Min. Engin.)

Regulation of Coal Supplies. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Sept. 22, p. 557.

Coal Mining in New Zealand in 1915. “Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 22, p. 562.

German Mining Industry Before and During the World
War (Deutschlands Bergbauindustrie vor und wahr-
end des Weltkriegcs). “ Bergb.,” Aug. 17, p. 513.

Mining and Metallurgy in Bosnia and Herzgovina in
1915 (Das Berg- und Huttenwesen in Bosnien und
Hercegovina im Jahre 1915).	“ Bergb. u. Hiitte,”

Aug. 1, p. 270.

III.-—Geology.

Form and Structure of the Coal Fields of Scotland. D.

Ferguson. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 22, p. 545.
(From paper read before Inst. Min. Engin.)

The Structure of Coal. AL C. Stopes and R. V.
Wheeler. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 8, p. 464.

(Paper read before Brit. Assoc.)

Coal in Holland (Die Steinkohle Hollands). “ Z.

Bergb. Betr. L.,” Aug. 1, p. 205; illus. (Further
borings; character of cover rock, etc.)

Geology (Geologic). By Dr. Alex. Tornquist. Part I.,
General Geology. 576 pp., 235 illus. Leipzig, 1916:
W. Engelmann. 30 mk.

The Fossil Coals of Bosnia and Herzgovina (Die fossilen
Kohlen Bosniens und der Hercegovina). —. Katzer.
“ Berg. u. Hiitte,” Aug. 1, p. 263; illus.

The Brown Coal Deposits of Livno-Podkraj and Zupan-
jac (Die Braunkohlenablagerungen von Livno-Pod-
kraj und Zupanjac). —. Turina. “ Mont. Rdsch.,”
Aug. 1, p. 469.

IY.—Mine Surveying.

Set-Over Tables for the Mine Transit Man. F. C.
Sanner. “ Coal Age,” Aug. 26, p. 335; 1 fig.

VI.—Working of Minerals.

Coal Mining Methods in Utah. A. C. Watts. “ Coal
Age,” Aug. 12, p. 258; 10 fig.

Coal Mining in Japan. Watson Smith. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 8, p. 451. (From “ JI. R. Soc. Arts.)

Working Coal Under Inhabited Urban Districts (Der
Kohlenabbau unter verbauten Stadtgebieten). —.
Goldreich. “Mont. Rdsch.,” Aug. I, p. 465; illus.

Coal Alining Under the River Waikato and Lake
Hakanoa,	New Zealand.	“ Colliery Guard.,”

Sept. 1, p. 399; 2 fig.

VII.—Boring, Shaft Sinking, and Tunnelling.

New Pits of the Carridcn Coal Company, Bo’ness.
Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 15, p. 497; 8 fig.

New Types of Drill Sharpening Machines (Ueber die
neiien Bauarten von Bohrerscharfmaschinen).	—.

Gerke. “ Bergb.,” Aug. 3, p. 481: Aug. 10, p. 497;
illus.

Shaft Sinking Through Soft Mafeiial. E. A. Sayre.
“Bull. Amer. Inst. Min. Engin.,” Sept., p. 1523:

3 pl. “ Coal Tr. Bull.,” Sept? 1, p. 30.

VIII.—Explosives, Blasting.

Correct Use of Explosives in Blasting Coal. G. L.
Yaste. “ Coal Age,” Sept.?2, p. 385.

Storage and Handling of Explosives in Alines. C. E.
Munroe. “ Queensld. Govt. Alin. JI.,” Alay 15, p.
228. (Paper read at Second Pan-American Scientific
Congress.)

Blasting with Compressed Air (Ueber das Sprengluft-
verfahren). —. Martin. “ Z. Schiess. Sprengst.,”
Aug., p. 251.

Simple Method of Testing Explosives (Einfaches
Prufungsverfahren fur Sprengstofie).	—. Stett-

bacher. “ Z. Schiess. Sprengst.,” Aug., p. 249;
illus.

X.	—Surface Arrangements.

American Coal Tipples. H. J. Edsall. “Colliery
Guard.,” Aug. 25, p. 349; 3 fig. (From “Coal
Age.”)

Surface Plant at Brodsworth Colliery. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 1, p. 401; 6 fig.

New Pit Tub Tippler (Eine neue Vonrichtung zum
Entleeren von Grubenwagen). —. Hermes. “ For-
de rtechn.,” Aug. 1, p. 113; illus.

XI.	—Winding and Haulage.

Notes on Alining Engines. “ Sc. and Art 'Mining,”
Aug. 26, p. 30; 4 fig.

Face Conveyors for Coal. “ Sc. and Art Mining,”
Sept. 9, p. 53.

Compressed Air Locomotives (Ueber Druckluftlokomo-
tiven). —. Peter. “ Bergb. u. Hiitte,” Aug. 1, p.
257; illus.

How to Oil Aline Cars. R. C. Alerchant. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 8, p. 455. (From “ Lehigh Ernpl.
Alag.”)

XII.	—Signalling.

Electric Signalling with Bare Wires. S. F. Walker.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Sept. 8, p. 279.	,

XIII.	—Lighting.

The Illuminating Power of Safety Lamps. W. AL
Weigel. “ Colliery Guard.,” Aug. 25, p. 350. (From
“ Trans. Amer. Inst. Alin. Engin.”)

XIY.—Y en tilation.

The Fan. C. A. Innes. Second edition. Technical
Publishing Company Limited, London. 8vo. 302 pp.
151 fig.

XY.—Mine Gases, Testing.

Explosibility of Gases from Aline Fires. G. A. Burrell
and G. G. Oberfell. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 1, p.
405. (From “ Techn. Paper 134,” U.S. Bureau of
Alines.)

Influence of Pressure on the Electrical Ignition of
Methane. W. Al. Thornton. “ Colliery Guard.
Sept. 15, p. 503; 10 fig. (Paper read before Brit. ‘
Assoc.)

XYL—Coal Dust.

Notes on the Stone Dusting of Steam Coal Collieries.
G. D. Budge. “ Proc. S. Wales. Inst. Engin.,” vol.
32, No. 2, p. 205. “Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 22,
p. 548; 2 fig.

Stone Dusting in Steam Coal Collieries. G. D. Budge.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 22, p. 548; 2 fig. (From
“ Proc. S. Wales Inst. Engin.”)

XVIII.—Mine Fires.

Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. A. P. Bruigum. “ Coal
Tr. Bull.,” Aug. 15, p. 43.

Gas Analysis as an Aid in Fighting Aline Fires. G. A.
Burrell and F. AL Seibert. “ Coal Tr. Bull.,”
Aug. 15, p. 46.

Aline Fire Alethods Employed by the United Verde
Copper Companv. R. B.Tallv.* “ Bull. Amer. Inst.
Min. Engin.,” Sept., p. 1545; 4 fig.

XIX.	—Rescue and Ambulance.

Electrical Accidents and their Treatment. W. D.
Paslee. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 1, p. 400. (From
“ JI. El. Pow. and Gas.”)

Aline Rescue Work in Alberta. J. T. Stirling.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 1, p. 402. (From “ Can.
Alin. Inst. Bull.”)

XX.	—Drainage, Pumping, etc.

Dealing with Excessive Water from a Vertical Borehole.

P. Widdas. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Aug. 25, p. 217;

' 3 fig. (From paper read before Natl. Assoc, of Colly.
Algrs, N. of Engld. branch.)

Aline Pumps. C. W. Crawford. “ Coal Age,” Aug. 12,
p. 266.

Alining and Dealing with Aline Water in the Buckley
Coal Field. W. Hopwood. “ Iron Coal. Tr. Rev.,”
Sept. 15, p. 314; 10 fig. (Paper read before Coll.
Algrs. Assoc., N. Wales branch.)

Handling Water in Underground Workings. H. S.
Geismer. “ Coal Age,” Sept. 2, p. 378; 4 fig.

Analytical and Experimental Investigations Relating to
Centrifugal Pumps. H. Alawson. “ Excerpt Alinutes
of Proc. Inst. Civ. Engin.,” vol. 201, pt. 1, 20pp.;
18 fig.

XXIII.—Coke Ovens and By-Products.

Power with By-Product Recovery. T. R. Wollaston.

“ Engin.,” Aug. 25, p. 161; 2 fig.

Kerosene Shale or Torbanite as a Gas and Power Pro-
ducer. E. V. Espenhahn. “ Gas. Wld.,” Aug. 26,
p. 181; 1 fig. (From paper read before the Victoria
Section of the Soc. Chem. Ind.)

The Carbonisation of Coal. “ Pract. Engin.,” Aug. 31,
p. 97.

New Semet-Solvay Coking Plant and Luhrig Washery at .
Hoyland. “ Gas Wld.” (Coking Section), Sept. 2,
p. 12;. 6 fig.

The By-Product Oven. T. C. Clarke. “ Coal Age,”
Aug. 26, p. 342. (From paper read before Soc. Chem.
Ind., New York.) '

The Disposition of By-Product Oven Derivatives. W.
H. Childs. “ Coal Age,” Aug. 26, p. 344; 1 fig.

Utilisation of Non-Coking Coal in Coke Alaking. G.
Chrisp. “Gas Wld.” (Coking Section), Sept. 2,
p. 10; 6 fig. (Experiments with pitch.)

New By-Product Coke Plant at Terre Haute. S.
Aleacham. “ Blk. Diamond,” Sept. 2, p. 206: 7 fig.

Carbolic Oil from Coal Tar. F. Raschig. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 15, p. 505. (From “ Zeits. angew.
Chem.”)

XXIY.—Fuels, Testing, etc.

The Examination of Coal and Coke. T. J. Drakeley.
“ Sc. and Art Alining,” Aug. 26, p. 28; 3 fig.

The Estimation of Aloisture in Coal. T. F. Winmill.

“ Trans. Inst. Alin. Engin.,” vol. 51, pt. 4, p. 484.
The Absorption of Oxygen by Coal—Parts viii. and ix.

T. F. Winmill. “ Trans. Inst. Alin. Engin.,” vol. 51,
pt. 4, pp. 493 and 510.

The Volatile Afatter of Coal. G. O’Neill. “ Cassier’s
Eng. Althly.,” Sept., p. 205. (From paper read
before the Amer. Soc. Naval Engin.)

Aloisture in Coal. T. J. Drakeley. “ Sc. and Art
Mining,” Sept. 9, p. 54; 1 fig.

Baccinello Lignite (La lignite del Baccinello-Cana).
“ Riv. Sc. Tee. Comm.,” Sept. 10, p. 249. (Analyses
showing calorific power, etc.)

Flame and Flameless Combustion. W. A. Bone. “ Gas
Wld.,” Sept. 16, p. 245. (Evening lecture before the
British Assoc.)

Pulverised Fuel for Locomotives. J. E. Afuhlfeld.

“ Rly. Gaz.,” Sept. 22, p. 316: 2 fig.

Peat v. Coal for Production of Power. B. F. Haanel.

“ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 1, p. 403: 3 fig. (From

“ JI. Amer. Peat Soc.”)

British Association : Report of the Fuel Economy Com-
mittee. “ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 15, p. 499; 2 fig.
Discussion, ibid., Sept. 22, p. 554.

Coal Pulverising and Coal Dust Fuel. E. Riisager.

“ St. u. Eisen,” Aug. 17, p. 799; 6 fig.

Recent Investigations on the Extraction of Coal with
Solvents (Neue Forschungsergebnisse auf dem Gebiete
der Kohlenextraktion). F. Fischer and AV. Gluud.
“ Glfickauf,” Aug. 26, p. 721.

XXY.—Steam Engines and Boilers : Gas Engines.

Boilers Heated by Coke Oven Gas. “ Iron and Coal
Tr. Rev.,” Aug. 25, p. 213; 8 fig. Sept. 8, p. 280,
4 fig.

Aleasuring Coal for Locomotives. “ Engin.,” Aug. 25,
p. 171; illus.

The Steam Engine’s Extravagance. C. W. Crawford.

“ Coal Age,” Aug. 26, p. 351.

Alodern Superheaters. W. H. AFaxwell. “ Cassier’s
Eng. Althly.,” Sept., p. 147; 27 fig.

The Heating of Boilers bv Electricitv. “ Cassier’s Eng.

Althly.,”'Sept., p. 20L

Instruments for Recording Carbon Dioxide in Flue
Gases. J. F. Barkley and S. B. Flagg. “ U.S. Bur.
of Alines Bull. 91 ”: 25 fig.

Power Equipment for Steam Plants. R. L. Streeter.

“ Eng. Alag.,” Sept., p. 879; 35 fig. (Turbines.)

The Use of Large Coke for Steam Raising. A. Stober.

“ St. u. Eisen,” Aug. 24, p. 820: 7 fig.

Trials with a Stierkle boiler, with reference to Heat
Transmission (Vorsuche an einem Stierkle-Kessel mit
Betraehtungen fiber den Warmedurchgang).
Kammerer. “ Z. Bayer. Rev. A7..” July 31, p. 115:
Aug. 15, p. 125.