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United States Bureau of Mines
Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A dynamite used in blasting and consisting of nitroglycerin, potassium nitrate, wood pulp, and paraffin or pitch.
Industry:Mining
A dynamometer for obtaining data for computing power delivered by turbines and other water wheels, or from the flywheel of an engine, or transmitted by shafting.
Industry:Mining
A eudiometer for making explosions.
Industry:Mining
A European term for a marble rich in silicate minerals and characterized by layers rich in micaceous minerals.
Industry:Mining
A fabric element all of whose dimensions are approx. equal. Compare: linear element; planar element.
Industry:Mining
A fabric element having one dimension that is much greater than the other two. Lineations are the common linear elements. Compare: planar element; equant element.
Industry:Mining
A fabric element having two dimensions that are much greater than the third; e.g., bedding, cleavage, and schistosity. Compare: linear element.
Industry:Mining
A fabric in which there is preferred orientation of the minerals of which the rock is composed.
Industry:Mining
A fabric material, usually of woven cotton but of synthetic fibers also, used to construct conveyor belts and filter cloths.
Industry:Mining
A fabric of wood fibers used to distribute water evenly over a smooth surface.
Industry:Mining