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Conference Paper

Author
Whitehead, James H.
Title
The Development of lngersoll and Rand, and Ingersoll Rand in Australia
In
9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 1-8
ISBN/ISSN
1858256843
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.544957917601741
Abstract

This paper proposes to indicate that although mechanical rock drills were not developed in the US and Europe until about the 1870's, they were operating in Australia very shortly after that time, possibly introduced by Cornish Miners who did so much to forward the art of machine mining.

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