Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Transactions, Vol. 11: 1889-90
It is perhaps needless to say that in other directions there has also been great development in applications of electricity, and the wonderful versatility of this mode of applying energy is witnessed to by the varied character of these applications.
In connection with mining, the problem of a portable electric miners' lamp seems now to be within reasonable distance of a satisfactory solution, and advance has also been made in electric methods of shot firing, with an accompanying increase of safety.
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