Safety Fuse, 45 St. Gothard Tunnel, 157 Schultze’s powder, 104 Scraper, 18 Shot-holes, boring, 128, 142 ---- charging, 132 Siemens’ firing machine, 60 Silvertown firing battery, 62 Sledges, 14 ---- North of England, 17 ---- North Wales, 17 ---- South Wales, 16 Smith’s firing machine, 58 Some properties of the common explosive agents, 97 Some varieties of the nitro-cellulose and the nitro-glycerine compounds, 103 Squibs, 44 Steel, hardening and tempering, 9 Stemmer, 20 Sticks, blasting, 51 Stretcher bar, 37 Subaqueous blasting, 164 ---- charges, preparation of, 164 Submarine rocks, removal of, 173 Swab-stick, 19
Water, boring under, 170 Water-courses, obstructions in, 178 Waterproofing composition, 165 Weight of explosive in bore-hole, table of, 109 Wires, connecting, 52
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