The hydrostaticks; : or, The weight, force, and pressure of fluid bodies made evident by physical, and sensible experiments, together with some miscellany observations, the last whereof is a short history of coal, and of all the common and proper accidents thereof, a subject never treated of before. (1672)
Sinclair, George, d. 1696 · Edinburgh : Printed by George Swintoun, James Glen, and Thomas Brown · leaf 224
BSERVAT Lately made, by the .Author of theforegoing £xpe*rtments. … OBSERVATION P N May 166^^ there was need of a new-Sink3 on the eaft fide of Tranent^ forwinning of Coals,. But while the cw/-> : htmrs *wgrs in digging dow% arid had-come thedeepnefs of 13 or 14 fathom^ ,they were flopped from working T>amp> or ill Air ^ that flowed out plentifully/from…
Hydrostatics · Coal
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