The Journal Of The Chemical Metallurgical And Mining Society Of South Africa Vol 19

Download or read book The Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa, Vol. 19 written by S. An. Institute Of Mining A Metallurgy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa, Vol. 19: July, 1918 June, 1919 The disastrous effects produced by inhaling certain kinds of dust are now only too well known in minimr communities. It is equally well known that no evident. Ill effects result from inhaling certain other kinds. Thus coal-mining in Great Britain is on the whole a very dusty occupation: but as I endeavoured to show in a paper read two years ago.' there is no evidence in the mortality returns for either young or old colliers that dust inhalation has hitherto caused appreciable danger to life in British coal-mining. The widespread introduction of stone-dusting as a tnorough ly practical and effective means of preventing coal-dust explosions has. How ever, directed new attention to the possibility of injurious effects of dust inhalation in coal mines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.