[i] NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS. TRANSACTIONS. VOL. I. 1852-3. SECOND EDITION. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: ANDREW REID, 40 & 65, PILGRIM STREET. 1860. [ii] ADVERTIZEMENT The Institution is not, as a body, responsible for the facts and opinions advanced in the following papers read, and of the Abstracts of the Conversations which occurred at the Meetings during the Session. [iii] INDEX TO VOL. I. A. AIR, Expansion of, by heat 84, 85 Air, Pressure of, in Shafts................................ 87 Air, Resistance of, in Mines................................ 97 Air, Experiments on the Density of, at Killingworth Colliery ... 145 Armstrong, jun., Mr. Wm., on the relative Value of the Furnace and Steam Jet as Ventilating Powers....... 165 Accidents in Mines, Heads of Enquiry before Committee of the House of Commons on.... 236 Accidents in Mines...................................... 292 Analyses of Gases........................................ 336 B. Boilers or engine fires ............................ 139 Barkus, Mr. Wm., on the Ventilation and Gases of Coal Mines, and the Working of Pillars... 239 C. Coal mines, MR. Wm. Barkus on the ventilation and gases of, and the working of pillars ...239 E. Experiments on natural ventilation 79 Experiments to determine the actual as well as the relative Powers of the Furnace and Steam Jet.... 104 Experiments with Furnace and Steam Jet at Hetton Colliery.... 109 Experiments at Hetton and Tyne Main Collieries on the Consumption of Coal for the Purposes of Ventilation, Results of...... 153 Explosions in Northumberland and Durham. ................ 292 [iv] Explosions, Heights of Barometer on Days of ................ 298 Experiments with Safety-Lamps........................ 311, 316 Experiments on the Lighting Powers of Safety-Lamps.......... 332 F. Furnace and steam jet, Mr N. Wood on the relative value, in the ventilation of coal mines 71 Furnaces, description of........................... 75 Furnaces, Principles of Action of............................ 77 Furnace and Steam Jet, Experiments to determine the actual as well as the relative Powers of the.............. 104 Fires, Boiler or Engine.................................... 139 Fires, Engine and Steam .................................. 139 Furnace Ventilation ...................................... 148 Furnace and Steam Jets................................. 151 Furnace and Steam Jet, Mr. Wm. Armstrong, jun., on the relative Value of, as Ventilating Powers ............. 165 Furnace and Steam Jet, Mr. Wm. Barkus on the relative Value of, as Ventilating Powers 195 Furnace and Steam Jets, Experiments with .................. 200 Fire-damp of Coal Mines, Mr. T. J. Taylor on the Proofs of the Subsistence of, in a high State of Tension in Situ.......... 275 G. Gauge, water .......................................... 103 Gases of Coal Mines...................................... 239 Gas, Light Carburetted Hydrogen, on the Inflammability of ... 256 Gases, Analyses of........................................ 336 H. Hall, Mr. T. Y., on the safety lamp ........................ 323 I. Institute, Meeting of colliery owners, etc., for the formation of 1 Institute, Report of Committee of proposed.................... 3 Institute, Rules of.......................................... 5 Inaugural Address, Mr. N. Wood ........................... 11 Inflammability of Light Carburetted Hydrogen Gas............ 256 [v] L. Longridge, Mr, J. A., on the action of a jet steam as a motive power for the purpose of ventilation 35 M. Meeting of colliery owners, etc., for formation of Institute 1 Mines, Accidents in, Heads of Enquiry before Committee of the House of Commons ....... 236 Mines, Accidents in...................................... 292 P. Pillars, working of .....................................239 R. Report of committee of proposed institute ........ 3 Rules of the Institute ................................... 5 Robson, Mr. Matthew B., on Experiments with Steam Jets, Furnace, etc., at Castle Eden Colliery 206 S. Steam jet, Mr. J. A. Longridge on the action of, as a motive power for purposes of ventilation ... 35 Steam Jet and Furnace, Mr. N. Wood, on the Relative Value of, in the Ventilation of Coal Mines ... 71 Shafts, Pressure of Air in.................................. 87 Steam Jet and Furnace, Experiments to determine the actual as well as the relative Powers of ... 104 Steam Jets............................................. 141 Steam Jet and Furnace, Mr. Wm. Barkus on the relative value of, as Ventilating Powers 195 Steam Jet and Furnace, Experiments with the ................ 200 Steam Jets, Mr. Thos. John Taylor on Experiments with, at East Holywell Colliery........... 203 Steam Jets, Furnace, etc., Mr. Matthew B. Robson on Experiments with, at Castle Eden Colliery... 206 Safety-Lamps, Mr. N. Wood on............................ 301 Safety-Lamps, Experiments with, at Killingworth.............. 311 Safety-Lamps, Mr. T. J. Taylor on Experiments with .......... 316 Safety-Lamps, Mr. T. Y. Hall on....................... 323 Safety-Lamps, Experiments on the Lighting Powers of .......... 332 [vi] T. Taylor, Mr. Thomas John, on steam jets at East Holywell Colliery 203 Taylor, Mr. Thos. John, on Proofs of the Subsistence of Fire-damp of Coal Mines in a high State of Tension in Situ.......... 275 Taylor, Mr. Thos. John, on Experiments to Test various Safety-Lamps at Wallsend Colliery......... 316 V. Ventilation, natural, experiments on ............ 79 Ventilation, Experiments with Furnace and Steam Jet at Hetton, Killingworth, Tyne Main, and Norwood Collieries ...... 109-129 Ventilation, General Results of Experiments at Hetton, Killingworth, and Tyne Main Collieries ....... 134-136 Ventilation, Furnace...................................... 148 Ventilation, Results of Experiments at Hetton and Tyne Main Collieries on the Consumption of Coal for the Purposes of.... 153 Ventilation, Steam Jets as a Substitute for Furnace ............ 155 Ventilation, Synopsis of, at Hetton Colliery .................. 158 Ventilation, distances Travelled by the various Currents of Air at Hetton Colliery...............160-164 Ventilation, Experiments made at Team Colliery.............. 196 Ventilation of Coal Mines.................................. 239 W. Wood, Mr. N., his inaugural address ............ 11 Wood, Mr. N., on the relative value of the Furnace and Steam Jet in the Ventilation of Coal Mines 71 Water Gauge............................................ 103 Working of Pillars ...................................... 239 Wood, Mr. N., on Safety-Lamps............................ 301 [vii] PATRONS His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry. The Right Honourable the Earl of Lonsdale. The Right Honourable the Earl Grey. The Right Honourable the Earl of Durham. The Right Honourable Lord Wharncliffe. The Right Honourable Lord Ravensworth. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham. The Very Reverend the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The Venerable Archdeacon Thorpe, the Warden of Durham University. Wentworth B. Beaumont, Esq. [viii] OFFICERS, 1852-3. President NICHOLAS WOOD, Hetton Hall, Fence Houses. Vice-Presidents THOMAS JOHN TAYLOR, Earsdon, Newcastle. THOMAS E. FORSTER, 7, Ellison Place, Newcastle. WILLIAM ANDERSON, St. Hilda's Colliery, South Shields. EDWARD POTTER, Cramlington Colliery, Newcastle. Council THOMAS W. JOBLING, St. Mary's Terrace, Newcastle. JOHN ROBSON, North Bailey, Durham. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Houghton-le-Spring, Fence Houses. WILLIAM BARKUS, Low Fell, Gateshead. T. CRAWFORD, Jun., Littletown Colliery, Durham. H. T. MORTON, Lambton Office, Fence Houses. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, Wingate Grange, Ferry Hill. CHARLES CARR, Seghill Colliery, Newcastle. JOHN TAYLOR, Haswell Colliery, near Durham. P. S. REID, Pelton Colliery, Chester-le-Street, Fence Houses. G. C. GREENWELL, Radstock Colliery, near Bath. J. A. LONGRIDGE, Quayside, Newcastle. Treasurer EDWARD F. BOYD, Urpeth Colliery, Chester-le-Street, Fence Houses. Secretary EDWARD SINCLAIR, Seaton Colliery, Fence Houses. [1] MEETING OF COLLIERY OWNERS, VIEWERS, etc. At a meeting of Colliery Owners, Viewers, and others interested in the Coal Trade, held in the Coal Trade Office, Newcastle, on Saturday, 3rd of July, 1852, (Wm. Anderson, Esq., in the Chair,). For the purpose of forming a Society, to meet at fixed periods and discuss the means for the Ventilation of Coal Mines, for the Prevention of Accidents, and for General Purposes connected with the Winning and Working of Collieries, at which the following gentlemen were present:— Messrs. WM. ANDERSON, Messrs. T. Y. HALL, NICHOLAS WOOD, R. S. JOHNSON, T. E. FORSTER, JOS. SMITH, Jun., WM. BARKUS, Sen., J. R. LIDDELL. WM. BARKUS, Jun., WM. WATSON, C. ANDERSON, GEO. CLARK, JOHN ROBSON, THOS. WOOD, D. JONASSOHN, WM. STOBART, GEO. ELLIOT, THOS. DOUGLAS, H. T. MORTON, JOHN DAGLISH, THOS. CRAWFORD, Sen., CUTHBERT BERKLEY, THOS. CRAWFORD, Jun., SANDIMAN REID, JNO. TAYLOR, T. C. HURST, MATTHIAS DUNN, JOHN RUTHERFORD, EDWD. POTTER, JOHN SOUTHERN, THOS. JOBLING, GEO. SOUTHERN, Jun., T. C. MAYNARD, SEPTIMUS BOURNE, STEPHEN REED, WILLIAM SPENCER, Jun., R. H. PHILLIPSON, G. C. GREENWELL, HENRY LONGRIDGE, A. PALMER, EDWD. SINCLAIR, R. SIMPSON, WM. HUNTER. — RAWSTHORNE. [2] The following Resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously:—- Proposed by Mr. D. Jonassohn, and seconded by Mr. T. E. Forster, "That a Society be formed of Coal-owners, Viewers, and others interested in Collieries, to meet at fixed times to discuss the means for the Ventilation