Abstract
No doubt colliery managers, and students preparing for examinations, would find it convenient to have a cyclo pædia of mining, but the hand-book under consideration will scarcely satisfy their wants. The work is another illustration of the proverb, “Ne sutor ultra crepidam.” Instead of being satisfied with describing mining processes and mining plant, the author deliberately plunges into geology and chemistry, and then finds himself quite out of his depth.
The Colliery Manager's Hand-book.
A Comprehensive Treatise on the Laying-out and Working of Collieries, designed as a Book of Reference for Colliery Managers, and for the use of Coal-mining Students preparing for First-class Certificates. By Caleb Pamely. Pp. 552, Index, and 472 Woodcuts. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1891.)
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F., C. [Book Reviews]. Nature 45, 77 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/045077a0
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