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IN NATURE of May 23, 1907, a notice was published of the first instalment of this work, which, when completed in six volumes, is intended to cover the hole ground of modern coal-mining practice. Three further volumes have been received, containing the conclusion of Prof. H. Louis' section on shaft sinking, which broke off in the middle of a paragraph, and sections on breaking ground by Mr. H. F. Bulman, on methods of working and timbering by Mr. E. H. Robertson, on haulage by Prof. G. R. Thompson, on winding by Prof. C. Latham, on pumping by Mr. W. E. Lishman, on ventilation by Mr. H. W. G. Halbaum, and on transmission of power by Mr. W. E. Lishman. This division of responsibility among many contributors renders a certain want of harmony in the treatment of the subject-matter inevitable. The work will, however, certainly prove as a whole a valuable addition to coal-mining literature.
Practical Coal Mining.
By Leading Experts in Mining and Engineering. Edited by W. S. Boulton. Vol. ii., pp. vi + 161-348; vol. iii., pp. viii + 192; vol. iv., pp. viii + 193-404. (London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1907.) Price 6s. net each.
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Practical Coal Mining . Nature 77, 457 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077457a0
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