Mine Drainage
Being a Complete and Practical Treatise on Direct-Acting Underground Steam Pumping Machinery

First published in 1881, this work provides a comprehensive account of Victorian mine-drainage technology and its history.

Stephen Michell (Author)

9781108026659, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 May 2011

370 pages, 86 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg

Stephen Michell's 1881 work covers the full range of engines and steam-pumps available for draining mines in the nineteenth century. An expert on contemporary mining technology, Michell co-authored the essays 'The Best Mining Machinery' and 'The Cornish System of Mine Drainage' prior to writing this comprehensive survey. Mine Drainage represents the first attempt to gather in one book information previously located in various journals (and therefore difficult to find), and documentation about engines by their (possibly biased) manufacturers. The book also contains almost 140 illustrations of the diverse pumps and engines discussed. After a short introduction, the material is organised into two main sections, focusing on horizontal and vertical engines. Within those categories it discusses rotary and non-rotary engines, and simple and compound steam-pumps. The book will interest historians of technology, science, engineering, and mining in the Victorian period.

Preface
Introductory
1. Classification of underground steam-pumping engines
2. Horizontal Pumping Engines: rotary horizontal engines
3. Non-rotary engines
4. Vertical Pumping Engines: rotary vertical engines
5. Non-rotary vertical engines
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: History of engineering & technology [TBX]