Some effects of high air temperatures and muscular exertion upon colliers

Abstract

This paper deals with the work undertaken by the author while he was Tyndall Research Student of the Royal Society. The investigations fall under the following four distinct headings:— 1. The Food Consumption of Colliers and its relation to Underground temperature conditions. 2. Respiratory Exchange of a Collier during work. 3. Relation of High Temperatures and Work to Sweating. 4. Miners’ Cramp. Each branch of investigation is related to underground temperature conditions, and has in consequence a bearing upon each of the other sections.