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 Clement le Neve Foster and J.S. Haldane.

  • Foster, Clement le Neve, Sir, 1841-1904.
Date:
1905
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Credit: 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 Clement le Neve Foster and J.S. Haldane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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