FKLLING COLLlESTf. 2.f)3 
fife ‘be i'®* disaster J but this event happened 
bimp, 
'C '^It p,^ ‘t affords a more certain light, 
'til!' '^itho 7 against accidents 
''■"Id! alrpi '• resource, might still be superaddcd 
r<=»rmv1«arl oc aiMctttnf 4V/^i-v^ n _ <• 
‘Hflt i ociu t>u|Jt;r<iutica 
, A '■'>'■ Ian, ''^corded, as arising from the flame of a 
!u,Nter"’^’- 
(S 
cs. 
lntio"“'”b>er of mines have, however, been ruined 
ns than by fires j and here that noble invention 
'til eiimr, .. '^y that noble invention 
S “'Ce c f displays its beneficial eflccts. It appears. 
' Or 
one"'®f to that of l lO horses, to WOTk’the 
CaU . f •/ ciiccia. ±L appifars, 
culations, that it would require about 550 
I Sh. One c oi I lu norses, tc 
Nh in 1 largest fire engines, having 
cylinder 
'Hiijt'-Qty j I ‘ uie largest 
tVl “I tap diameter, now in use, and” thrice that 
i||pl It t’n engine of that size constantly 
li^b an p, appears tliat as much water may be raised 
. ri ti.5 iiiLivii. wtitv..t Liiay uc irtlacU 
V drawn, within tire same space 
vCk*'°"^d 'P rollers and buckets, after the 
settle practised in many mines ; or as much as 
kStt- i^saicl t u® shoulders of twice tliat number of 
V*hr Is t| he done in several of the mines of Pern. 
Vrt; “ tlip none in several or tne mines ol Pern. 
Hjbti,*', d>osp^ elastic steam of the boiling 
lose * ujc ciasue sieara or tne Doiling 
dieir^*¥”^®*’ °1^ ‘he outward atmosphere. 
[g- ^ F _ VtH.»VMl.VA <3lUiL/BpilClC, 
aud ,?“®‘'hate actions, give force and motion to 
u\'f f IhroJj I °hgh it, to tlie pump rods which elevate 
foi c ‘uhes, and discharge it from the mine ! 
<2^ » .‘''hich engines belonging to the Whitehaven 
L>, .mop„ ’ ’■ • - - 
— O — Liiv,/ t • j.i4vv,-iJiri> c-u 
k'* a“7,'hhs '''^hen all at work, discharge from it about 
C' cv- ® samp ®''hry minute, at tliirteen strokes ; 
^'768,320 gallons, upwards of 7000 
1^6(1 hours. By these engines nearly 
Hiilltd .“Dove rp’^ nuuis. ny inese engines nearly 
a®'*' m'i quanfity of water might be dis- 
^tMf^ei). ■'vhich are not above sixty or sevenb- 
‘*«r 
rj \vh* u . «i-''-'vc Sixty or sevens 
'■'es ' ■ depth is rarely exceeded in tlie New 
r-tijl '> Of hr in an 
sonieti 
®‘^lh any other English collieries, with the 
Ih.* Ajjyg 
v‘ •li**''^ed ‘^hen fire by accident, and 
7eav I p I irn for a considerable length of time. 
‘‘8,^a coal mine at Bemvell, a village 
was accidentally kindled by a 
Ti J *> *»a _a»,-v,.ii.iciuciu^' ituiuu;u uy a 
.re Are was so feeble, that the reward of 
ich Was asked by a person who ofl'ered to 
