A History of Coal Mining in Great BritainMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 273 sider |
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Side viii
... - SIONED THEREBY . SMALL EXPLOSIONS OF FIRE - DAMP BECOME FREQUENT CHAPTER VIII . INADEQUACY OF THE WATER - RAISING MACHINERY . INVENTION OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 68 76 CHAPTER IX . STATE OF MINING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF viii CONTENTS .
... - SIONED THEREBY . SMALL EXPLOSIONS OF FIRE - DAMP BECOME FREQUENT CHAPTER VIII . INADEQUACY OF THE WATER - RAISING MACHINERY . INVENTION OF THE STEAM - ENGINE 68 76 CHAPTER IX . STATE OF MINING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF viii CONTENTS .
Side ix
Robert Lindsay Galloway. CHAPTER IX . STATE OF MINING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH EXPLOSIONS IN THE NORTH OF CENTURY . FIRST GREAT ENGLAND COLLIERIES . CHAPTER X. THE COAL TRADE OF THE WEST COAST . WHITEHAVEN MINES . CARLISLE ...
Robert Lindsay Galloway. CHAPTER IX . STATE OF MINING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH EXPLOSIONS IN THE NORTH OF CENTURY . FIRST GREAT ENGLAND COLLIERIES . CHAPTER X. THE COAL TRADE OF THE WEST COAST . WHITEHAVEN MINES . CARLISLE ...
Side 1
... commencement of the Christian era Phoni- cian traders sailed hither for supplies of tin — a metal then as now a peculiar product of the Land's End district . It was in connection with the traffic in this metal that our country made its ...
... commencement of the Christian era Phoni- cian traders sailed hither for supplies of tin — a metal then as now a peculiar product of the Land's End district . It was in connection with the traffic in this metal that our country made its ...
Side 3
... commencement having been made to bring mineral coal into use . In the early Norman era the internal arrangements of common dwelling - houses precluded the use of coal for domestic purposes . Chimneys are mentioned as a new feature which ...
... commencement having been made to bring mineral coal into use . In the early Norman era the internal arrangements of common dwelling - houses precluded the use of coal for domestic purposes . Chimneys are mentioned as a new feature which ...
Side 4
... commencement of the great modern coal trade . Both in England and Scotland coal appears first to have received attention at points where the carbo- niferous strata were exposed on the sea shore : a circumstance which seems the most ...
... commencement of the great modern coal trade . Both in England and Scotland coal appears first to have received attention at points where the carbo- niferous strata were exposed on the sea shore : a circumstance which seems the most ...
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