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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

November 29, 1918.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN

Monthly List of Recent Coal Literature.

I.—General.

Industrial Coal Economy. D. Wilson. “ El. Rev.,”
October 25, p. 406. (Address to the Association of
Engineers-in-Charge.)

A New Coal Field. “ Times Trade Suppit.,” Nov., p. 188
(Developments in Notts.)

Coal Economies. P. D. Kirkman. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,”
Oct. 25, 1918, p. 459. (An address to the British Asso-
ciation of Textile Managers, Manchester Branch.)

Industrial Fuel Saving — Possibilities and Methods.
“ Times Eng. Suppit.,” Oct., p. 204; 1 fig.

Manchuria Coal and Iron Deposits. C. F. Wang. “ Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Nov. 15, 1918, p. 552; 1 fig. (Paper
read before Amer. Inst. Min. Eng.)

Shock in Hydraulic Systems. A. Towler. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Nov. 1, 1918, p. 919. (Paper read before Leeds
Assoc. Engin.)

Wind Power and the Coal Problem. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Nov. 22, 1918, p. 1083.

Britain’s Mineral Resources. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 22,
1918, p. 1087.

Phycomycetous Fungi from English Lower Coal Measures.
D. Ellis. “ Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin.,” Vol. 38, pp. 130-
145; 1 fig.

Purchase of Mining Machinery and Supplies. C. E.
Bowron. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 24, 1918, p. 782.

Increasing Coal Mine Efficiency. C. E. Stuart. “ Coal
Age,” Oct. 17, 1918, p. 724; 5 fig.; Oct. 24, p. 773,
13 fig.; Oct. 31, p. 820; 5 fig.

II.	—Education.

Education in Mining : From the Student’s Point of View.
W. Pickup. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 965.
(Address to Students’ Assocn. at the Wigan Mining
College.)

III.	—Geology.

Lignites, Jets, Kimmeridge Oil Shale, Mineral Oil, Cannel
Coal, Natural Gas. Part I.—England and Wales. By
Dr. A. Strahan. Memoirs of the Geol. Survey : Special
Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain. 69
pp. 2 fig.; (London : H.M.S.O., 2s. 6d. net.)

The Bovey Tracey Lignite Deposits. Dr. A. Strahan,
D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 22,
1918, p. 1080; 1 fig. (From Special Reports on the
Mineral Resources of Great Britain. Vol. 7, Part 1.)

French Lignite Deposits (Les Ressources de la France en
Gisements de Lignites). “ Echo des Mines,” Oct 20,
1918, p. 542.

The Oil Shales of Pictou, C.B. H. C. E. Spence. “ Can.
Min. Inst. Bull.,” Nov. 1918, p. 928; 1 fig.

The New Lyons Coal Basin (Le Nouveau Bassin Houiller
de Lyon). A. Pawlowski, p. 51.	“ La Nature,”

August 24.

Lyons Coal Field (Lyon, le Rhone et la Houille). “La
Nature,” Nov. 16, p. 155; 5 fig.

IV.—Mine Surveying.

The Preparation of a New Plan for a Colliery. G. A.
Gilchrist. “Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Nov. 1, 1918, p. 494;
2 fig.

Methods of Tabulating and Computing Latitude and
Departure Notes. O. H. Hampsch. “ Coal Age,” Oct.
24, 1918, p. 768; 4 fig.

VI.—Working of Minerals.

Anthracite Coal Stripping. T. F. Kennedy. “ Coal Age,”
Oct. 3, p. 644; 11 fig.

Continental Coal Working. “ Sc. and Art Min.,” Nov. 2,
p. 100; 2 fig. (Methods in Central and Southern
France.)

A Mining Machine. “ Iron Coal. Tr. Rev.,” Nov. 8, 1918,
p. 525; 2 fig.

Removal of a Vertical Shaft Pillar. J. Chilton. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Nov. 1, 1918, p. 913; 2 fig. (From “ JI. Chem.
Met. and Min. Soc. S. Africa.”)

Some Unique Methods of Working Coal Seams. R. W.
Corless. “Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 22, 1918, p. 1075;

6 fig. (From an Address to the Past and Present
Students’ Assoc., Wigan and District Mining and Tech-
nical College.)

Suggestions for Improved Methods of Mining Coal on
Indian Lands in Oklahoma. J. J. Rutledge and Daniel
Harrington. U.S. Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 154;
36 pp; 12 fig.

VII.—Boring, Shaft Sinking, and Tunnelling.

Sinking Shafts Through Thick Beds of Mud and Sand.
T. Borland. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 15, 1918, p. 1018;

6 fig. (Paper read before the Scottish Mine Managers’
Association.)

Novel Brick and Concrete Work. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 24,
1918, p. 780; 3 fig.

VIII.	—Explosives, Blasting.

Methods for Routine Work in the Explosives Physical
Laboratory of the Bureau of Mines. S. P. Howell and
J. E. Tiffany. U.S. Bureau of Mines Technical Paper
186; 63 pp.

Production of Explosives in the United States During the
Calendar Year 1917. Albert H. Fay. U.S. Bureau of
Mines Technical Paper 192; 21 pp.

IX.	—Timbering, Packing, etc.

New Pit Prop for Use at the Face. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,”
Nov. 1, 1918, p. 491; 5 fig.

Pre-cast Concrete Timber Proves Successful in Mines.
“Engineering News-Record,” Oct. 3, p.’627.

X.—Surface Arrangements.

Steel Cantilever Support for Head Frame. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Nov .8, 1918, p. 970; 1 fig. (From “ Engineer-
ing News-Record.”)

Peabody Coal Developments in Central Illinois. G. W.
Harris. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 31, p. 810; 6 fig.

XL—Winding and Haulage.

A Reciprocating Underground Coal Conveyor. J. F. K.
Brown. “ Coal Age,” Oct 10, p. 682; 2 fig.

A Runaway Tub Switch. E. Graham. “ Iron Coal Tr.
Rev.,” Oct 25, 1918, p. 468. (Paper read before
National Association of Colliery Managers, North of
England Branch.)

New Way of Socketing Wire Ropes. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Nov. 8, 1918, p. 979; 2 fig. (From “ Coal Age.”)

Separation Doors at Upcast Shaft Bottom. C. Fletcher.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 15, 1918, p. 1028. (Paper read
before Manch. Geol. Min. Soc.)

XI11.—Lighting.

A Low Voltage Lighting Installation. “ Iron Coal Tr.
Rev.,” Nov. 1, 1918, p. 498.

XIV.—Ventilation.

Cooling and Drying the Air in Deep Mines. Sydney F.
Walker. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rey.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 518.

Origin and Development of the Ventilating Fan. “ Coal
Age,” Oct. 10, p. 690.

XV.—Mine Gases, Testing.

Methane Accumulations from Interrupted Ventilation.
H. I. Smith and R. J. Hamon. (U.S. Bureau of Mines,
Tech Paper 190; 42 pp. 7 fig.)

Instantaneous Outburst of Coal and Gas at Bedford
Collieries, Leigh. F. N. Siddall. “ Trans. Mchester
Geol.,” (Vol. 25, Part 10), August 1918, p. 318; 3 fig.

Ignition of Explosive Mixtures by Electric Sparks.
J. Meunier. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 970.

Preventing Accidents from Methane Accumulations. H. I.
Smith and R. J. Hamon. “ Sc. and Art. Min.,” Nov.
16, 1918, p. 128 (From U.S. Bureau of Mines Tech.
Paper 190.)

Chart of Properties of Mine Gases. G. A. Burrell. (U.S.
Bureau of Mines.)

XV11 —Explosions,

Sprayer for Stone Dusting in Mines. A. Rushton.
“ Trans. Min. Geol. Soc.” (Vol. 35, Part 10), August
1918, p. 327.

XIX.—Rescue and Ambulance.

Standardisation of First Aid Methods. Lieut.-Col. C. H.
Connor. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 17, 1918, p. 728.

X XI .—Preparation.

Marcus Screen Plants. Richard G. Miller. “Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 25, 1918, p. 853; 2 fig. (From “Coal
Age.”)

Grading Small Coal by Means of an Air Current. “Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 527; 2 fig.

XXIII.—Coke Ovens and By-Products.

The Conversion of Gas Works into Coking Plants (Vers le
Rapprochement des Usines a Gaz et des Cokeries).
C. Berthelot. “ Ch. Ind.,” Oct. 1, 1918, p. 471; 7 fig.

New Low Temperature Distillation Process. G. W. Traer.
“ Blk. Diamond,” Oct. 12, p. 290.

Carbonisation of Coal. W. Savage. “ Chem Met. Eng.,”
Oct. 1, p. 579; 6 fig.

Economising Coal in Gas Manufacture. F. Shewring.
“Gas Wld.,” Nov. 2, p. 261.

Notes on Benzol and Naphthalene Recovery. H. E. Copp.
“ Gas Wld,” Nov. 2, p. 265. (Paper read before Midld.
Assocn. of Gas Engin. and Mgrs.)

Gas Power at Collieries. “ Sc. and Art Min.,” Nov. 2,
p. 98; 1 fig. (Gas Producers.)

The Standardisation of Tests for Refractory Materials.—
Part II. “Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Oct. 25, 1918, p. 462;

1 fig. (Abstract of Report submitted to the meeting
of the Refractory Materials Section of the Ceramic
Society.)

The Reactions of Carbonisation—Phenomena of the Re-
tort. “ Times Eng. Suppit.,” October, p. 205.

The Tars Distilled from Bituminous Coal in Hand-Fired
Furnaces. S. H. Katz. U.S. Bureau of Mines Tech.
Paper 195; 5 fig.

Grooving in Steam Boilers. Edward Ingham. “ Cheap
Steam,” November 1918, p. 81; 5 fig.

Economic Considerations in Coke Oven Practice. W. Col-
quhoun. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 15, 1918, p. 1022.
(Paper read before Md. Inst. Min. Civ. Meeh. Eng.)

Liquid Purification with Simultaneous Recovery of Sulphur
and Ammonia. P. Parrish. “ Gas Wld,” Nov. 16, 1918,
p. 300. (Paper read before Southern Distr. Assoc. Gas
Engs, and Mangrs.)

The Standardisation of Tests for Refractory Materials.
Cosmo Jones. “Eng.,” Nov. 15, 1918, p. 569; 3 fig.
(Paper read before Iron Steel Inst.)

Magnesite as Raw Material.. T. Crook. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 25, 1918, p. 865. (Paper read before Re-
frac. Mat. Sec. Ceramic Soc.)

Study of Silica Products. Dr. A. Bigot. “Colliery
Guard.,“ Oct 25, 1918, p. 864. (Paper read before Re-
frac. Mat. Sec. Ceramic Soc.)

Lodna By-Product Coking Plant. “Sc. and Art Min.,”
Nov. 16, 1918, p. 115. (From Bull. Min Geol. Inst.
Ind.”)

Manufacture of Silica Brick (Contribution a 1’Etude de la
Brique de Silice et de sa Fabrication). L. Dauphin.
“ Bull. Soc. Ind. Min.,” Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 137.

Manufacture of Silica Brick (La Fabrication des Briques de
Silice). M. Philipon. “Bull. Soc. Ind. Min.,” Vol. 13,
No. 2, p. 271. (From Comptes Rendus de 1’Academic
des Sciences.)

Coke Oven Accidents in the United States During the
Calendar Year 1917. Albert H. Fay. U.S. Bureau of
Mines Technical Paper 206; 19 pp.

The Formation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural
Gas Condensate. J. G. Davidson. “ JI. Ind. Eng.
Chem.,” Nov. 1918, p. 901; 12 fig.

A New Coke Oven Installation. “ Engin.,” Nov. 22, 1918,
p. 430; 9 fig. (Plant at Messrs. Newton Chambers’
Colliery.)

Methods of Analysis Used in the Coal Tar Industry.—III.
Heavy and Middle Oils. J. M. Weiss. “ JI. Ind. Eng.
Chem.,” Nov. 1918; p. 911; 4 fig.

Simple Working of Retort Bench Producers. M. G.
Frere. “ Gas Wld.,” Nov. 23, 1918, p. 321. (Paper read
before Societe Technique de 1’Industrie du Gaz en
France.)

Waste Heat for Steam Generation. T. B. Mackenzie.
“Eng.,” Nov. 22, 1918, p. 597; 2 fig.

XXIV.—Fuels, Testing, etc.

Raising Steam with the Waste Products of Yesterday.
“ Coal Age,” Oct. 10, p. 676; 8 fig.

Waste Due to Excessive Ash in Coal. “ Coal Age,”
Oct. 10, p. 692; 4 fig.

Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in
the Fiscal Years 1913 to 1916. By Arno C. Fieldner,
Howard I. Smith, J. W. Paul, and Samuel Sanford.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 123; 2 fig.

A Convenient Multiple Unit Calorimeter Installation.
J. D. Davis and E. L. Wallace. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Technical Paper 91, 48 pp.; 19 fig.

Waste Products for Steam Generation. “ Engin.,” Nov. 8,
1918, p. 400; 1 fig.

Possibilities of Using Peat as Fuel. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 17,
1918, p. 734.

Coal and Its Scientific Uses. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8,
1918, p. 973.

Diffusion of Oxygen Through Stored Coal. S. H. Katz.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 968. (From U.S.
Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 170.)

Utilising Low Grade Fuel. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8,
1918, p. 968.

Coal Substitutes in France. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8,
1918, p. 966.

Fuel Oil and Its Applications. A. F. Baillie. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Nov. 1, 1918, p. 914. (Paper read before
Manch. Assoc. Engins.)

Moisture and Spontaneous Heating of Stored Coal. S. H.
Katz and H. C. Porter. “ Colliery Guard.,” Oct. 25,
1918, p. 860; 1 fig. (From U.S. Bureau of Mines
Technical Paper 172.)

Peat as a Fuel. “ JI. Amer. Peat Soc.,” Oct. 1918, p. 277.

Sulphate Peat Coal. R. W. Strehlenert. “ JI. Amer. Peat
Soc.,” Oct. 1918, p. 269. (Paper read before the Swedish
Chemical Society.)

Notes on Lignite: Its Characteristics and Utilisation.
S. M. Darling. U.S. Bureau of Mines Technical Paper
178; 17 pp.

The Motor Fuel Problem. W. R. Ormandy, B.Sc.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 22, 1918, p. 1078. (From a
paper read before the Inst. Petrol. Technol.)

Benzol as a Motor Fuel. F. E. Lucas. “ Can. Min. Inst.
Bull.,” Nov. 1918, p. 926.

Efficiency in the Use of Oil Fuel : A Handbook for Boiler
Plant and Locomotive Engineers. J. M. Wadsworth.
U.S. Bureau of Mines; 86 pp; 21 fig.

XXV.—Steam Engines and Boilers: Gas Engines.

Suggestions for Boiler Room Efficiency. A. H. Blackburn.
“ Coal Tr. Bull.,” Oct. 1, p. 54.

High Speed Internal Combustion Engines. H. R. Ricardo.
“ Trans. N.E. Coast Instn. Engineers and Shipbuilders,”
Vol. 34, Pt. 6 (Oct., p. 267; 43 fig.

The Semi-Diesel Engine. J. Richardson. “ Eng.,” Oct.
25, p. 461; 9 fig.

Exact Data on the Running of Steam Boiler Plants. D.
Brownlie, J. Compston and H. W. Royse. “ Eng.,”
Nov. 1, p. 481.

Notes on Steam Boilers. “ Sc. and Art Min.,” Nov .2,
p. 103; 2 fig.

Waste Heat for Steam Generation. Thomas B. Mackenzie,
M.I.Meeh.E.Eng., Nov. 15, 1918, p. 567; 2 fig. (Paper
read before Iron Steel Inst.)

Improving Boiler Room Efficiency. A. H. Blackburn.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 969; 2 fig. (From
“ Coal Trade Bulletin.”)

Measuring the Temperature of Gases in Boiler Settings.
H. Kreisinger and J. F. Barkley. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bulletin 145; 72 pp.; 31 fig.

The Diesel Engine: Its Fuels and Its Uses. H. Haas.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 156, “ Petroleum Tech-
nology,” No. 44; 133 pp.; 73 fig.

Conversion of Paraffin Engines to Gas. “ Gas Wld.,”
Nov. 23, 1918, p. 320.

High Pressure and High Temperature Steam. J. H. Shaw.
“ Iron Coal. Tr. Rev., Nov. 22, 1918, p. 577. (Abstr.
paper read before Inst. Elec. Engineers.)

Low Rate Combustion in Fuel Beds of Hand-Fired Fur-
naces. H. Kreisinger, C. E. Augustine, and S. H. Katz.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 139; 54 pp.;
19 fig-

Saving Coal in Boiler Plants. Henry Kreisinger. U.S.
Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 205; 24 pp. 3 fig.

Steam Raising with Waste Heat from Coal and Oil-Fired
Furnaces (Brett System). “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Nov.
22, 1918, p. 580; 4 fig.

The Weiss High - Compression Heavy Oil Engine.
“Eng.,” Nov. 22, 1918, p. 595; 3 fig. (From “Inter-
national Marine Engineering.”)

Smokeless Combustion with Chain Grate Stokers. T. A.
Marsh. “ El. Wld.,” Sept. 21; pp. 448; 2 fig.

XXVL—Compressed Air.

Air Compressor Troubles. R. J. Bailey. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Nov. 1, 191'8, p. 915. (From “ Power.”)

XXVIL—Electricity.

Electricity in Mining. L. Fokes. “ Sc. and Art Min.,”
Nov. 2, p. 104; 2 fig. (Self-excited and Series Dynamos.)

Partial Transformation of Direct Current Reducer Sets.

C. L. Brown. “ Elec. Rev.,” Nov. 8, 1918, p. 435; 2 fig.

The Dynamical Theory of Electric Engines. “Eng.,”
Nov. 15, 1918, p. 560.

The Power Factor.—HI. “ Colliery Guard.,” Nov. 8, 1918,
p. -o7; 5 fig.

Repairing Induction Motors. L. Fokes. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Oct. 25, 1918, p. 859; 8 fig.

Electricity in Mining. L. Fokes. “ Sc. and Art Min.,”
Nov. 16, 1918, p. 120; 8 fig.

Fundamental Relations between Direct and Alternating
Current Circuits. T. Croft. “ Coal Age,” Oct. 24,
1918, p. 770; 6 fig. .

High-Pressure Convertors. J. Humphrey. “ Elec. Rev.,”
Nov. 22, 1918, p. 501.

XXVI11.—Surface Transport and Storage.

Concrete Coal Barges. J. F. Springer. “ Coal Age,”
Oct. 3, p. 628; 7 fig.

The Storage of Bituminous Coal. H. H. Stoek. “ JI. W.
Soc. Engin.,” April, Vol. 23, No. 4, p. 270; 14 fig.

Transport Reform Considerations. G. F. Bilbrough.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Nov. 8, p. 526.