A proposal for destroying the fire and choak-damps of coal-mines : and their production explained on the principles of modern chemistry addressed to the owners and agents of coal-works, &c / by Thomas Trotter.

  • Trotter, Thomas, 1760-1832.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A proposal for destroying the fire and choak-damps of coal-mines : and their production explained on the principles of modern chemistry addressed to the owners and agents of coal-works, &c / by Thomas Trotter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE OWNERS AND AGENTS OF COAL MINES IN THE COUNTIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, &c. &c. Gentlemen, I have herewith the pleasure of presenting you with a proposalfor destroy - ing, ly chemical agents, those noxious gases, lire and choak damps,” that on numerous occasions have proved fatal to many of your workmen. The subject, I think, admits of de- monstration, at least as far as human know- ledge can depend on the faith of experiment. I have not attempted to puzzle a plain under- standing by offering conjectures instead of truths, or to bewilder common sense by spe- cious, but f anciful theories. Though a phy- sician, my doctrine is intelligible, and my practice humble. No merit is claimed, where there is no invention; and no fame is expected A