October 27, 1916.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

819

No. 66.

TH E COLLI ERY GUARDIAN

MONTHLY LIST OF RECENT COAL LITERATURE

I.—General.

The Status of the Colliery Manager. J. George. ” Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 20, p. 490. (From paper read
before the Scottish branch of the Natl. Assoc, of
Colly. Mgrs.)

Newcastle Colliery, Blair Athol. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Sept. 29, p. 603; 1 fig. (From “ Queensld. Govt.
Min. JI.”)

Bearing of Botanical Science on Coal. Dr. Marie
Stopes. “Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 29, p. 606.
(British Assoc, meeting.)

Coal Mining Organisation Committee Report. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 29, p. 615.

Coal Mining in India in 1915.	” Colliery Guard.,”

Oct. 6, p. 654.

Industrial Fatigue. “ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 6, p. 656.

(From report by Prof. A. F. S. Kent.)

Fuel Economy and the Smoke Nuisance : Gas v. Low-
Temperature Carbonisation. W. Hardie. ” Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 20, p. 752. (Pres. addr. before N. of
Engld. Gas Mgrs.’ Assoc.)

Iron Pyrites and the Oxidation of Coal. T. J. Drakeley.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 20, p. 763; 1 fig. (From
“ JI. Chem. Soc.”)

Resources of Coal and Power. Prof. E. H. Armstrong.
“ Times Trade Supplt.,” Oct., p. 134.

Water Supply in the South Yorkshire Coal Field. J. H.
Drew. “ Surveyor,” Oct. 6, p. 319. (From paper
road before Inst. Municipal and County Engin.)

Abstract of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining,
Oct.-Dec. 1915. J. W. Thompson. “ Bull. 118,”
U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Fuel Economy from a National Standpoint. Prof. W.
A. Bone. “ Proc. Shef. Soc. Engin.,” 1916, pt. 1.

The Fushun Coal Fields. “ Times Japanese Section,”
Oct. 14, p. 11.

Officials’ Reports to the Mine Manager. A. Varty.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 13, p. 448. (Paper read
before the Natl. Assoc, of Colly. Mgrs., N. of Engld.
branch.)

Coal and Coke. F. H. Wagner. London : Hill Pub-
lishing Company. 17s. net.

Newfoundland Coal Deposits. J. W. McGrath. “ Can.
Min. JI.,” Sept. 15, p. 439.

III.—Geology.

Geological and Chemical Characters of Coal. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 29, p. 605. (Brit. Assoc, discussion.)

Presidential Address by Prof. W. S. Boulton, Geology
Section, British Association. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Oct. 6, p. 665.

The Bristol and Somerset Coal Fields : Effect of Master
Folds on Structure. E. H. Staples. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 13, p. 699. (Paper read before Man-
chester Geol. and Min. Soc.)

The Coal Seams of South Yorkshire. Prof. W. G.
Fearnsides. “ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 20, p. 749;

1	fig. (From “Proc. Shef. Soc. Engin. and Metall.”)
Coal in Holland (Die Steinkohle Hollands). “ Z. Bergb.

Botr. L.,” Sept. 1, p. 229/ (South Limburg, Guelder-
land, and Over-Yssel basins.)

VI.—Working of Minerals.

Deep Lead and Drift Mining. M. T. Taylor. “Min.
Mag.,” Oct., p. 209; 17 fig.

Working Coal under Inhabited Urban Districts (Der
Kohlenabbau unter verbauten Stadtgebieten.).	—.

Goldreich. “ Mont. Rdsch.,” Sept. 1, p. 524; illus.

Methods of Mining in the Anthracite Field. H. M.
Crankshaw. ” Coal Age,” Sept. 23, p. 490; Sept. 30,
p. 530; 18 fig.

An Economical System of Mining. R. J. Sampson.
“ Coal Age,” Sept. 23, p. 494; 2 fig.

Getting Clean Coal. T. G. Fear. “ Coal Age,”
Sept. 30, p. 541.

VII.—Boring, Shaft Sinking, and Tunnelling.

Widening of the Upcast Shaft at Tinsley Park Colliery.

H. J. Atkinson. “ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 6, p. 651;

2	fig. (From paper read before Midld. Inst, of Min.
Civ. and Meeh. Engin.)

Shaft Sinking Through Soft Material. E. A. Sayre.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 13, p. 700; 7 fig. (Paper
read before Amer. Inst. Min. Engin.)

Placing Concrete Linings in Tunnels by Compressed Air.
“ Engin. ” Oct. 20, p. 354; 5 fig.

The First Large Borehole. E. B. Wilson. “ Coal
Age,” Sept. 23, p. 493. (18 in. hole at Drifton, Pa.,
in 1883.)

VIII.—Explosive*, Blasting.

Modern Blasting Practice. P. B. McDonald. “ Queens-
land Govt. Min. Gaz.,” Aug. 15, p. 376; 3 fig. (From
” Alin. Sc. Press.”)

Blasting with Liquid Air (Worauf beruht das Spreng-
verfahren mittels flussiger Luft, und welche Erfahr-
ungen hat man bis jetzt beim Spremgen mit flussiger
Luft in unsern Bergwerken gemacht?) —. Penkert.
“ Z. Schiess. Sprengst.,” Sept., p. 285.

The Analysis of Permissible Explosives. C. G. Storm.
‘‘ Bull. 96,” U.S. Bureau of Mines.

The Sand Test for Determining the Strength of Deto-
nators. C. G. Storm and W. C. Cope. ” Techn.
Paper 125,” U.S. Bureau of Mines; 5 fig.

IX.—Timbering, Packing, etc.

Steel Props at Arley Colliery. ” Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,”
Oct. 20, p. 482- 1 fig.

XI.—Winding and Haulage.

Automatic Operation of Mine Hoists. H. K. Burch and
M. A. Whiting.	“ Electr. Eng.,” Oct. 5, p. 374;

2 fig. (From paper read before the Amer. Inst. Min.
Engin.)

Folding Safety Gate for Cages. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Oct. 6, p. 666; 2 fig. (From “ Eng. Min. JI.”)

Safe Transportation Underground. D. Wolfe. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 13, p. 713. (From “ Lehigh Empl.
Mag.”)

Methods of Counter-Balancing Negative Loads. “ Sc.
and Art of Min.,” Sept. 23, p. 78; 3 fig.

Simple Methods of Transporting Coal. ” Sc. and Art
of Min.,” Oct. 7, p. 102; 3 fig.

Mine Car Design. M. L. Hyde. “ Can. Min. Inst.
Bull.,” Sept., p. 833; 8 fig.

Note on the Value of Annealing the Connecting Attach-
ments on Winding Plants. J. A. Vaughan. “ JI. S.

Afric. Min. Inst.,” Sept., p. 25; 4 fig.

XII.	—Signalling.

Electric Signalling in Collieries. ” Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,”
Oct. 13, p. 453; 3 fig.

XIII.	—Lighting.

Notes on the History of the Safety Lamp. F. W. Hard-
wick and L. T. O’Shea. “ Trans. Inst. Min. Engin.,”
v. 51, pt. 5, p. 548; 39 fig.

Gas Detector for Miners’ Electric Safety Lamps. T. J.
Thomas. “ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 6, p. 653; 3 fig.

The Lambourne Apparatus for Re-lighting Miners’
Lamps. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 6, p. 418; 1 fig.

XIV.—Ventilation.

The Atmospheric Problem in the Deepest Mines.
“ Comp. Air Mag.,” Sept., p. 8112. (Ventilation in
the Aforro Velho mine, Brazil.)

The Atmospheric Problem in the Deepest Mines. G.
Chambers. “ Min. Eng. Wld.,” Sept. 30, p. 575.

XV.—Mine Gases, Testing.

Effect of Atmospheres Deficient in Oxygen on Small
Animals and on Men. G. A. Burrell and G. C.
Oberfell. “ Techn. Paper 122,” U.S. Bureau of
Mines.

An Uncommon Gas Mixture. ” Coal Age,” Sept. 23,
p. 516; 1 fig. (Unusual phenomenon observed in
examining mine air.)

The Dilution Limits of Inflammability of Gaseous ATix-
tures. H. F. Coward and F. Brinsley. “ JI. Muni-
cipal Schl. Techn. Manchester,” v. 8, p. 77; 18 fig.
(From ” JI. Chem. Soc.”)

The Ignition of Some Gaseous Mixtures by the Electric
Discharge. H. F. Cowhand, C. Cooper, and J. Jacobs.
“ JI. Municipal Schl. Techn. Manchester,” v. 8, p.

109; 12 fig. (From “ JI. Chem. Soc.”)

XVI.—Coal Dust.

Stone Dusting in Steam Coal Collieries. ” Colliery
Guard.,” Sept. 29, p. 601; Oct. 6, p. 652; Oct. 20\
p. 751. (Discussion, S. Wales Inst. Engin.)

Grinding Stone Dust at Caerau Colliery. ” Iron Coal
Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 20, p. 487; 2 fig.

XVII.—Explosions.

Aline Explosions. F. Haas. ” Coal Age,” Sept. 9,
p. 418.

XXI.—Preparation.

Dry Preparation of Bituminous Coal at Illinois Alines.

E. A. Holbrook. “ Univ. Ill. Bull. No. 68 ”; 25 fig.

The History of a Successful Jig. F. B. Davenport.
“ Coal Age,” Sept. 23, p. 491; 1 fig. (The Stroh jig,
1873.)

XXIII.—Coke Ovens and By-Products.

The By-Products of Coke Making. AV. H. Childs.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 20, p. 477. (From paper
read before the Amer. Iron and Steel Inst.)

Some Aspects of the Testing of Refractories. A. V.
Bleininger. “ Proc. Engin. Soc. AV. Penn.,” Oct.,
p. 612 f 14 fig.

The Coke Industry of New South A\;ales. L. F. Harper
and J. C. H. Alingaye. “ Alinl. Res. No. 23,” New
Sth. Wales Dept. Mines.

By-Product Coke Plant at Terre Haute. S. Meacham.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Sept. 29, p. 604; 3 fig. (From
“ Blk. Diamond.”)

Genealogical Tree of the Coal Tar Products. B. and W.
Nickels. ” Times Trade Supplt.,” Oct., p. 135.

The National AAraste of Nitrogen : A Scheme for
Recovery at Coke Ovens. ” Gas AA'ld.” (Coking sec-
tion), Oct. 7, p. 12.

Chemical Development on Coking Plants : The Alanu-
facture of Sulphuric Acid. “ Gas Wld.” (Coking sec-
tion), Oct. 7, p. 13; 1 fig.

New7 Otto Coking Plant at Whitehaven. ” Gas Wld.”
(Coking section), Oct. 7, p. 14; 3 fig. (Whitehaven
Colliery Company.)

The Coking Industry in Australia. ” Gas Wld.”
(Coking section), Oct. 7, p. 17; 2 fig. (Alont Cenis
ammonia recovery at Newcastle, N.S.W.)

Determination of Benzol in Coke Oven Gas. L. C.
Whiton. ” Gas AVld.” (Coking section), Oct. 7, p.
20. (From “ JI. Ind. and Eng. Chem.”)

XXIV.—Fuels, Testing, etc.

The Examination of Coal and Coke. T. J. Drakeley.
” Sc. and Art of Al-in.,” Oct. 21, p. 136.

Feeders and Burners for PowMered Coal. C. J. Gadd.

” Compr. Air Alag.,” Oct., p. 8144; 6 fig. (From
“ JI. Frankl. Inst.”)

The Preparation of Pulverised Fuel. ” Colliery Guard.,”
Oct. 20, p. 750; 2 fig. (From “ Stahl u. Eisen.”)

Simple Alethod of Determining the Heating Value of
Coal (Eine einfache Alethcde zur Ermittlung des
Heizwertes von Steinkchlen).	—. von Juptner.

“ Alent. Rdsch.,” Sept. 1, p. 521. (Based on the
improved Berthier method.)

Peat Pow7der as Locomotive Fuel. ” Eng.,” Oct. 20,
p. 387. (Swedish trials.)

The Use of Powdered Coal in Aletallurgical Processes.

C. J. Gadd. “ JI. Frankl. Inst.,” Sept., p. 323;

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The Examination of Coal and Coke. T. J. Drakeley.
“ Sc. and Art of Alin.,” Oct. 7, p. 108; 1 fig.

XXV.—Steam Engines and Boilers : Gas Engines.

Oil Engine Vaporiser Proportions. L. Ulmer. “ Cassier's
Eng. Althly.,” Oct., p. 233; 5 fig.

Underfed Stoker Furnaces for Low Pressure. A.
Bement. ” Blk. Diamond,” Sept. 16, p. 243; 2 fig.
Self-Feeding Boiler Furnaces. A. Bement. “ Blk.

Diamond,” Sept. 16, p. 245; 2 fig.

Steam Raising with Large Coke. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Oct. 20, p. 753; 2 fig. (From “ Stahl u. Eisen.”)

American Vertical Boilers (Ueber amerikanische Verti-
kalkessel). —. Schapira. ‘‘ Feuerungstechn.,”
Sept. 1, p. 271; illus. (Wickes boiler.)

Trials wuth a Stierle Boiler, w-ith Reference to Heat
Transmission (Versuche an einem St-ierle-Kessel mit
Betrachtungen fiber den AVarmeffihrung). —. Kam-
merer. “ Z. Bayer. Rev. V.,” Aug. 31, p. 133; Ulus.

Boiler Fur and the Aleans for its Removal and Preven-
tion (Kesselstein und Alittel zu seiner Beseitigung
und Verhfitung.) ” Braunk.,” Sept. 1, p. 211.

High-Power Gas Engines (Die Grossgasmaschinen). —.

Witz. “ Z. Dampfk. Betr.,” Sept. 1, p. 273; Ulus.

Diesel Engines v. Steam Turbines. “ Engin.,” Oct. 13,
p. 324. (From paper by H. Haas, before Amer. Inst.
Engin.)

Factors Governing the Efficiency of Steam Plants. C.

E. Bow’ron. ” Coal Age,” Sept. 30, p. 539.

XXVI.—Compraased Air.

Compressed Air : Single- and Double-Stage Compres-
sion. “ Pract. Engin.,” Oct. 5, p. 159; 2 fig.

AIotor-Driven Compressor at Britannia Colliery. ‘‘ Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 6, p. 413; 5 fig.

High-Pressure Air Compressors. J. AL Ford. ‘‘ Eng.,”
Oct. 20, p. 393; 10 fig. (Paper read before the
Greenock Assoc, of Shipbuilders and Engin.)

XXVII.—Electricity.

Natural Gas Operating Coal Alines. R. P. Hines. ‘‘ Coal
Tr. Bull.,” Oct. 2, p. 34. (Electrical power for
colliery working, generated from natural gas.)

XX VIII.—Surface Transport and Storage.

Portable Loading and Unloading Devices. F. George.
“ Cassier’s Eng. Althly.,” Oct., p. 240; 27 fig.

Coal Handling Plant Between Rail and Water. “Collierv
Guard.,” Oct. 20, p. 752; 1 fig. (From ‘‘Blk.
Diamond. ”)

Coal and Shipping. VII. : Coal Shipping at Southern
Ports of the U.S.A. F. J. AVarden-Steve ns. “ Colliery