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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 ...
The most effective method of preserving timber by impregnation with creosote under pressure in tanks.
Industry:Mining
The most efficient of the dust samplers, the electrostatic precipitator is a medium-volume instrument. Air is drawn through a metal tube serving as a collecting surface (the anode) in which a platinum wire mounted axially acts as the ionizing and precipitating electrode (the cathode). A potential of about 10,000 V direct current is maintained across the tube and wire. The assembly mounting and collecting tube contains a small fan to induce air flow.
Industry:Mining
The most popular of numerous rock failure criteria. It assumes that there is a functional relationship between the normal and shear stresses acting on a potential failure surface.
Industry:Mining
The most recent of geological formations; unconsolidated detrital material lying on or near the surface, generally unstratified. See: surface deposit
Industry:Mining
The most suitable fastening between a wire rope and its socket is a white metal capping. Haulage ropes are generally doubled back on themselves around a steel thimble and secured with bulldog clips.
Industry:Mining
The motion of liquid through a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field.
Industry:Mining
The motor in a cutting machine that provides power for the operation of the cutting chain.
Industry:Mining
The movable cantilever supporting the drilling saddle in a radial drilling machine.
Industry:Mining
