Relative Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Small Animals (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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Print on Demand. This book explores the use of small animals in mine exploration work, specifically focusing on the relative susceptibility of canaries, mice, and other animals to carbon monoxide poisoning. The author conducted a series of experiments to determine how repeated exposure affects the animals' sensitivity and their suitability for use in mines. The book delves into the physiological effects of carbon monoxide on various animals, discussing oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in mine atmospheres and the impact of repeated exposure. The author provides practical insights into the use of small animals for detecting carbon monoxide, highlighting the need for caution and the importance of understanding the animals' limitations. Ultimately, this book offers valuable information on the use of small animals in mine rescue and exploration operations, emphasizing the importance of selecting the most appropriate animals and employing them effectively to ensure the safety of those working in mines. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Title
- Relative Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Small Animals (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- George A. Burrell, Frank M. Seibert
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- print-on-demand item
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1334338000
- ISBN 13
- 9781334338007
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- Chemistry
J Afterdamp, which forms in a mine after an explosion or mine fire, consists principally of water vapor, smoke, carbon dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, and nitrogen.
Sulphur dioxide may also be present in the atmosphere and be mainly responsible for the well-known irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. Experiments have shown sulphur dioxide to be an exceedingly noxious gas, but proportions much less than those required to produce distress in men or animals may be detected in afterdamp by the sense of smell.
Investigations by the Bureau of Mines have demonstrated that afterdamp seldom contains carbon dioxide in proportions sufficient to cause pronounced distress in men doing rescue work in mines Hydrogen, methane, and nitrogen, as regards their physiological effects, are inert. However, a mine atmosphere may contain much nitrogen or methane, or both, and, in consequence, so little oxygen that men entering it are quickly overcome. Hydrogen sulphide is very poisonous, but its presence is easily detected by its odor.
In addition to the constituents of afterdamp that are named above there are found vapors of creosote and acetic acid, produced by the destructive distillation of coal and timber. These vapors contribute to the bituminous odor that becomes perceptible before smoke is noticed from a mine fire, and lingers in a mine long after smoke has disappeared.
Ordinarily the greatest danger to an exploration party is from the carbon monoxide, or white damp, that may be present in harmful proportions long after a smoky atmosphere has become clear and almost odorless. The most dangerous proportions of carbon mon oxide are those that prevail in clear atmospheres that contain suffi cient oxygen to keep the flame of a lamp burning. In such a case a lamp flame may give absolutely no indication of the presence of carbon monoxide. The bureau has records of nearly fatal results that in recent years have attended exploration work in mines in the United States in which safety lamm were the only means used to test the air. In one instance 11 men were prostrated, most of them being rendered unconscious.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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