Tunneling, explosive compounds, and rock drills ...

The author gives the deatils of practical tunnel work, constituents and properties of explosive compounds of the time, principles of blasting, descriptions of the European and American systems of timbering and arching, shaft-sinking open-cut tunnels and much more.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Drinker, Henry S. 1850-1937
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : John Wiley, 1893.
Edition3rd ed, rev. and enl.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780727752680
DOI10.1680/tecard3e.52680
Physical Description1 online resource (xlvii, 1143 p.) : ill.

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