 | John Holland - 1835 - Počet stránok 514
...time, the pressure in the pits became so great, from the immense weight of water impelled into them, that the confined air, which had been forced back...in a thousand places, and many acres of ground were to be seen all at once bubbling up like the boiling of a cauldron. In some places the current was so... | |
 | 1835 - Počet stránok 642
...time, the pressure in the pits became so great, from the immense weight of water impelled into them, that the confined air, which had been forced back...in a thousand places, and many acres of ground were to be seen all at once bubbling up like the boiling of a cauldron. In some places the current was so... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - 1856 - Počet stránok 654
...its bed being left dry for more than a mile. The river was affected by the tides, and this engulfment took place at low water; but as the tide rose the...ground were seen to bubble up like the boiling of a caldron. Great quantities of sand and water were also thrown up like showers of rain, during a period... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1861 - Počet stránok 432
...filled. The pressure in the pits became so great, from the immense weight of water impelled into them, that the confined air, which had been forced back into the high workings, burst up through the earth in a thousand places ; many acres of ground were to be seen all at once bubbling... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1868 - Počet stránok 360
...pressure of water in the pits became so great, from the immense weight of water impelled into them, that the confined air, which had been forced back...in a thousand places, and many acres of ground were to be seen all at once bubbling up like the boiling of a caldron. In some places the current was so... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - Počet stránok 570
...with prodigious force, until the whole workings, extending for many miles, were completely filled. ~No sooner, however, had this taken place, than the...five hours, and an extensive tract of land was laid waste. Besides the danger of being crushed to death by a fall of rock, or immured in a living tomb... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - Počet stránok 578
...filled. No sooner, however, had this taken place, than the pressure of the water in the pits became BO great that the confined air, which had been forced...five hours, and an extensive tract of land was laid waste. Besides the danger of being crushed to death by a fall of rock, or immured in a living tomb... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - Počet stránok 612
...with prodigious force, until the whole workings, extending for many miles, were completely filled. No sooner, however, had this taken place, than the...thousand places, and many acres of ground were seen to EVOLUTION OF FOUL GASES IN MINES. 277 bubble up like the boiling of a cauldron. Great quantities of... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 522
...filled. The pressure in the pits became so great, from the immense weight of water impelled into them, that the confined air, which had been forced back...a thousand places ; and many acres of ground were to be seen all at once bubbling up like the boiling of a cauldron. Large bodies of sand and water were... | |
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... ~No sooner, however, had this taken place, than the pressure of the water in the pits became so great that the confined air, which had been forced back into the high workings, burst through the surface of the earth in a thousand places, and many acres... 