Abstract
"The earliest history of the rock drill is obscure and only fragmentary evidence concerning it is recorded in the Patent Office. However, no other tool has played a more important part in mining and excavating work. There have been two general classes of pneumatic rock drills -- the reciprocating, or piston machine, and the hammer drill. Fowler played an important part in the early development of piston machines, and the first hammer drill was made in about 1895 by a man named Brothers"--History, page 1.
Advisor(s)
Forbes, Carroll Ralph
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Mining Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1940
Pagination
iii, 61 pages
Rights
© 1940 Lister Merriken Cummings, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Rock-drills -- Design and constructionRock-drills
Thesis Number
T 706
Print OCLC #
5968713
Electronic OCLC #
525229845
Recommended Citation
Cummings, Lister Merriken, "Essentials of rock drill design" (1940). Professional Degree Theses. 88.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/88
