 ... or ventilators of the mine discover them, and wash them off, or they ignite at the workmen's candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in the face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their way, seldom kill...  Narratives of Peril and Suffering - Sida 346efter Richard Alfred Davenport - 1840 - 4 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Thomson - 1813 - 514 sidor
...the workmen's candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in the face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their...magazine of fire-damp is ignited in the wastes, then the whoie mine is instantly illuminated with the most brilliant lightning — the expanded fluid drives... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1813 - 530 sidor
...the workmen-s candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in the face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their way, seldom kill them ; but wlteu the air has proceeded lazily for several days through a colliery, and an extensive magazine of... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 sidor
...though they generally scorch the persons in their wav, seldom kill them ; hut when the air has proceedid lazily for several days through a colliery, and an...ignited in the wastes, then the whole mine is instantly illuunnated with the most brilliant lightning — the expanded fluid drives hefore it a roaring whirlwind... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 sidor
...the workmen's candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in I he face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their way, seldom kill them ; but when the air lias proceeded lazily for several days through a colliery, and an extensive magazine of fire-damp is... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1816 - 528 sidor
...terrific scene cannot be better described than in the words of the humane author. " When," says he, " the air has proceeded lazily for several days through...a roaring whirlwind of flaming air, which tears up every thing in its progress, scorching some of the miners to a cinder, burying others under enormous... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 sidor
...the workmen's candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in Ihe face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their way, seldom kill them ; but when the air ha* proceeded lazily for several daya through :i colliery, and an extensive magazine of fire-damp is... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 sidor
...of the mine into a magazine of fire-damp. On the approach of a candle, it is in an instant kindled: the expanded fluid drives before it a roaring whirlwind of flaming air, which tears up every thing in its progress, scorching some of the miners to a cinder, and burying others under enormous... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 sidor
...of the mine into a magazine of 'fire-damp. On the approach of a candle, it is in an instant kindled: the expanded fluid drives before it a roaring whirlwind of flaming air, which tears up every thing in its progress, scorching some of the miners to a cinder, and burying others under enormous... | |
 | 1832 - 602 sidor
...the atmospheric air. These generally scorch the persons in their way, though they seldom kill them. When the air has proceeded lazily for several days...and an extensive magazine of fire-damp is ignited, then .the whole mine is instantly illuminated with the most brilliant lightning — the expanded fluid... | |
 | John Murray - 1833 - 40 sidor
...extensive magazine of fire-damp becomes ignited in the wastes, then the whole mine is instantly filled with the most brilliant lightning ; the expanded fluid drives before it a roaring whirlwind of flame, which tears up every thing in its progress, scorching some of the miners to a cinder, and burying... | |
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