- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A water-jacketed reverberatory furnace for decarbonizing iron by a process in which the carbonic oxide escapes with an appearance of boiling.
Industry:Mining
A waterproof cartridge surrounded by an outer case, the space between being filled with water, which is employed to destroy the flame produced when the shot is fired, thereby lessening the chance of an explosion should gas be present in the place.
Industry:Mining
A waterproof, free-running blasting agent. Pelletol is a high explosive, but is not considered cap sensitive and normally cannot be initiated with a cap, except under perfect confinement in small-diameter boreholes.
Industry:Mining
A water-temperature thermometer provided with an insulated container around the bulb. It is lowered into the sea on a line until it has had time to reach the temperature of the surface water, then withdrawn and read. The insulated water surrounding the bulb preserves the temperature reading and is available as a salinity sample.
Industry:Mining
A watertight, bell-shaped steel chamber that can be lowered to or raised from a freshwater or seawater bed by a crane. It is open at the bottom and filled with compressed air, so that persons can prepare foundations and undertake similar construction work underwater.
Industry:Mining
A waterway port in a noncoring diamond bit, not located in the center of the bit face.
Industry:Mining
A wave passing back through burned or burning explosion gases toward the origin, at the rate of a sound wave through gases of like temperature, from a point in the explosion wave, usually of high pressure, to an area of lower pressure.
Industry:Mining
