. Annals of Philosophy. 1814.] On the Ventilatim of Coal-Mines. 20t tical men sliould receive with doubt tlie proposals of new projects. I submit my own with deference to those who have the manage- ment of collieries, of which 1 profess to know very little, with this remark, that they may satisfy themselves ot its use where it has long been employed, and that though I admit that the vitiation of the air takes place in these mines from a very different cause, and in a different manner, yet I conceive the cases are sufficiently analogous to justify a trial of it, where something is so much wante
. Annals of Philosophy. 1814.] On the Ventilatim of Coal-Mines. 20t tical men sliould receive with doubt tlie proposals of new projects. I submit my own with deference to those who have the manage- ment of collieries, of which 1 profess to know very little, with this remark, that they may satisfy themselves ot its use where it has long been employed, and that though I admit that the vitiation of the air takes place in these mines from a very different cause, and in a different manner, yet I conceive the cases are sufficiently analogous to justify a trial of it, where something is so much wanted. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, , . _ , - iQiA John Taylor. Stratford, Essex, Jan. 7, 1814. APPENDIX. To give the reader an idea of the nature of this machine, we have thought it requisite to give a figure of it, and we extract the following description of it from Mr. Taylor's paper, printed in the Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manu- factures, and Commerce, for 1810 :— " I at last erected the machine, of which the annexed is a drawing j. which, while it is so simple in construction, and requires so small an expence of power, is so coin[)lctc in its oju'ration, and its parts arc so little liable to be injured liy wear, that, as far as I can imagine, nothing more can be desired wbero such an one is Hpi)lled. This engine bears considerable resemblance to Mr. Pepy's. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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