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... length and breadth of the land . A few of these old New- comens , or atmospheric engines , working the pump- rods with the intervention of a horizontal " beam , " or " bob , " and more or less patched and modified , have survived even ...
... length and breadth of the land . A few of these old New- comens , or atmospheric engines , working the pump- rods with the intervention of a horizontal " beam , " or " bob , " and more or less patched and modified , have survived even ...
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... length , in 1854 , through the instrumentality of Mr. Robert Hunt , of the Government Mining Record Office , aided by the recently appointed inspectors of coal - mines , we obtain reliable statistics ; and 12 COAL AND COAL - MINES .
... length , in 1854 , through the instrumentality of Mr. Robert Hunt , of the Government Mining Record Office , aided by the recently appointed inspectors of coal - mines , we obtain reliable statistics ; and 12 COAL AND COAL - MINES .
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... length between the old and the new or Forster pits , and for 120 yards wide , the seam is from six to seven feet thick , whilst on both sides it dwindles rapidly till much of it is but 2 feet 6 inches , and has been unworkable . In the ...
... length between the old and the new or Forster pits , and for 120 yards wide , the seam is from six to seven feet thick , whilst on both sides it dwindles rapidly till much of it is but 2 feet 6 inches , and has been unworkable . In the ...
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... length . Their beautiful fluted and symmetrically scarred patterns may often be seen cross- ing one another in luxuriant confu- sion in the roof from under which the coal has been removed . I had an excellent opportunity some years ago ...
... length . Their beautiful fluted and symmetrically scarred patterns may often be seen cross- ing one another in luxuriant confu- sion in the roof from under which the coal has been removed . I had an excellent opportunity some years ago ...
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... length of upwards of forty Fig . 3. Lepidodendron obovatum . ( Half natural size . ) ( Le Botwood Colliery , Shropshire . ) feet , and are referred to some forty species . The size is the more extraordinary when we find that they are ...
... length of upwards of forty Fig . 3. Lepidodendron obovatum . ( Half natural size . ) ( Le Botwood Colliery , Shropshire . ) feet , and are referred to some forty species . The size is the more extraordinary when we find that they are ...
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