Collieries

(pl. ) of Colliery

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• A bold attempt was made at Birmingham, in 1826, to bring gas from the collieries, at a distance of ten miles from the town. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• It took into account the collieries, mines, canals, marshes, fens, and the varieties of soil in relation to the substrata. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In forming the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the guage of the railways in the collieries was adopted, and the width between the rails was made 4 feet 8? inches. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• George Stephenson had worked out a somewhat similar safety-lamp at about the same time, and his was used in the collieries around Newcastle. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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