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Blackdamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackdamp (also known as stythe or choke damp ) is a mixture of unbreathable gases formed when oxygen is removed from an enclosed atmosphere and largely replaced by nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxid...
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Damp (mining) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historically, gases (other than breathable air) in coal mines in Britain were collectively known as "damps" . This comes from the Middle Low German word dampf (meaning "vapour"), and was in use by...
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What were the main problems / dangers mining coal ? Problem One - How do you get the coal out ... Old solution - For Fire Damp – ventilation shafts were dug to let fresh air in; - For Choke damp – miners carried a canary in a cage; New Solution - For Fire Damp – . The main help for the miners was the; Safety Lamp.
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PERILS OF PITMEN'S LIVES.; THE PRICE OF COAL MINING. LESSONS OF THE RECENT DISASTERS IN FOREIGN AND HOME MINES. ... June 11, 1878, Wednesday ... "The price of coal mining now is pitmen's lives," said George Stephenson;
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(Most Definitions Are From The Oxford English Dictionary) ... Accoucheur A man who acts as a midwife. ... Choke-damp Asphyxiating gas, largely carbon dioxide, accumulated in a mine, well, etc.
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Subdeposit - Subject ... Styryl(?), n.[Styrax + -yl.] (Chem.)A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl. [ Webster] ... Styx(?), n.[L., fr. Gr. �.] (Class. Myth.)The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the...
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On February 13th, 2005 we opened the gates to Buffleopia, home to the Bucolic Buffledog, a.k.a. Buffledog, a.k.a. Taylor and chronicled here at the Damp Dog.
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