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THE death of Sir William Galloway, which occurred at his home in Cardiff on Nov. 2, removes an outstending figure in the development of soientiflc coal-mining . Galloway made a number of important conibutkons to methods of coal-mining, but he will chiefly be remembered as the originator of the theory, now everywhere accepted, that the great explosions which used, in the absence of proper precautions, to sweep through the roads and workings of collieries, are due to the combustion of coal-dust raised into the air.
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H., J. Sir William Galloway. Nature 120, 776–777 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120776a0
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