Paper, 'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. Number 3' by W [William] Galloway
Reference number: AP/61/4
Date: 1881

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Galloway continues with his experiments into the influence of coal dust in colliery explosions, this time using a larger apparatus than the one used in his earlier experiments. He relays details of colliery explosions that took place in Risca, Penygraig [Wales] and Seaham [Durham, England], and explains that 'for the purposes of the present paper I visited Risca Colliery on the 24th of October, and Seaham Colliery on the 24th of November, and I have had the rare opportunity of becoming thoroughly conversant with every circumstance connected with the Penygraig explosion, and with the events which immediately preceded and accompanied its occurrence.' For a revised version of this paper, see PP/1/42.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes one page of diagrams relating to colliery explosions.
Subject: Geology / Chemistry / Physics
Received 30 May 1881 / November 17 1881. Revised 10 February 1882. Communicated by R H [Robert Henry] Scott.
'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. No. III'.
A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. No. III'.
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- AP/61/4
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- 1881
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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Sir; William Galloway
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Archived papers: volume 61, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1880-1882
1880-1882 Reference number: AP/61
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