mining engineer

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Meaning

an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines

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1680 Satellite view of Krakatau Islands, 18 May 1992 In February 1681, Johann Wilhelm Vogel, a Dutch mining engineer at Salida, Sumatra (near Padang ), on his way to Batavia (modern Jakarta ) passed through the Sunda Strait. Source: Internet

A National Park Service (NPS) geomorphologist, mining engineer and other specialists surveyed Nāhuku and determined it could be reopened if safety mitigations were met. Source: Internet

At the same time, Japanese soldiers, including mining engineer Goto Dengo, an old friend of Shaftoe's, are assigned to build a mysterious bunker in the mountains in the Philippines as part of what turns out to be a literal suicide mission. Source: Internet

Decompression sickness becomes a problem * 1841: First documented case of decompression sickness occurs, reported by a mining engineer who observed pain and muscle cramps among coal miners working in mine shafts air-pressurized to keep water out. Source: Internet

Franz Xaver von Baader (1765–1841) was a German mining engineer at that time; in a mining journal, he advocated a conical space at the forward end of a blasting charge to increase the explosive's effect and thereby save powder. Source: Internet

Carpenter, W. H. Auden, pp. 13, 23. citation Until he was fifteen he expected to become a mining engineer, but his passion for words had already begun. Source: Internet

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