THE INVESTIGATION OF
MINE AIR:

AN ACCOUNT BY SEVERAL AUTHORS OF THE NATURE,
SIGNIFICANCE, AND PRACTICAL METHODS OF
MEASUREMENT OF THE IMPURITIES MET
WITH IN THE AIR OF COLLIERIES
AND METALLIFEROUS MINES.

EDITED BY

SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S.

LATE PROFESSOR OF MINING AT THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, LONDON;

AND

J. S. HALDANE, M.A., F.R.S.

FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE AND LECTURER IN PHYSIOLOGY AND MINING HYGINE,

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

With a frontispiece and 43 illustrations.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN & COMPANY, LIMITED,

EXETER, STREET, STRAND.

1905.

[All Rights Reserved.]

Contents

[only the Appendix is scanned]

Appendix (dealing with Snaefell Mine Disaster, 1897)

• Report
• Statements