Suggests a method employing compressed air for cooling the working area in a deep mine.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel8951
From
Sir John Herschel
To
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date
[18 October 1865]
Sent from
Collingwood
Source of text
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 5 (1866), 11-12
Physical description
L
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library