Colliery Electrical Engineering

A consideration of the early development of electricity in a major British coalfield and an investigation into how such a well-established, labour-intensive industry upon which the prosperity of the local community depended was able to respond to the challenge of new technology.

Excerpt from Electrical Practice in Collieries: A Manual for Colliery Managers, Under-Managers, Engineers, and Mining StudentsDuring recent years the application of electric power in and about collieries has been extending rapidly, and at present few collieries of importance are without installa tions for the generation of electricity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.