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The gases in coal and the conditions controlling their escape-Continued.

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Relation of volume of methane to amount of coal mined or exposed..

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Coal oxidation as a source of gas......

Increase in temperature from oxidation..

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Absorption of oxygen by coal samples..

Effects of variation of atmospheric pressure on gas emanation.
Investigations in British mines..

Investigations in Prussian mines...

Tests by Hilt near Aix-la-Chapelle and Karwin.

Review of Hilt's work by Mallard and Le Chatelier.

Investigations in Austrian mines.

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Relation of barometric pressure to amount of gas from fresh coal
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Probable error in figures for methane content in mine air..

Explosive gas in the northern anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania..
Introduction.....

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Explosive gas in the northern anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania Contd.
Miscellaneous observations in mines in the anthracite field-Continued.

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Some features of fire-damp explosions in the northern anthracite field...

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Explosive gas in mines in the southern part of the Illinois coal field..
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General features of the coal measures in southern Illinois.

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