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Side viii
... 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 .
... 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 3
... fire was out ; and at this time it was enacted by law that all fires should be extin- guished at a certain hour in the evening , notified by the ringing of a bell , termed from this circumstance the curfew ( couvre feu ) . The smoke ...
... fire was out ; and at this time it was enacted by law that all fires should be extin- guished at a certain hour in the evening , notified by the ringing of a bell , termed from this circumstance the curfew ( couvre feu ) . The smoke ...
Side 13
... fire - hearth , and perhaps more immediately by the employment of iron fire - grates or " chimneys " as they were termed . The building of fire - places of stone in the case of wooden houses , or in that of houses not provided with ...
... fire - hearth , and perhaps more immediately by the employment of iron fire - grates or " chimneys " as they were termed . The building of fire - places of stone in the case of wooden houses , or in that of houses not provided with ...
Side 19
... fire . ” · -SHAKSPEARE . A SCARCITY of materials appears to exist relative to the coal trade during the fifteenth century , but not so with reference to the mines , and we have evidence of a steady increase in the demand for coal from ...
... fire . ” · -SHAKSPEARE . A SCARCITY of materials appears to exist relative to the coal trade during the fifteenth century , but not so with reference to the mines , and we have evidence of a steady increase in the demand for coal from ...
Side 20
... fires in places where supplies of wood could still be had . He explains the circum- stance by stating that coal was found plentifully there , and " sold good chepe . ” During the sixteenth century the coal trade entered upon a period of ...
... fires in places where supplies of wood could still be had . He explains the circum- stance by stating that coal was found plentifully there , and " sold good chepe . ” During the sixteenth century the coal trade entered upon a period of ...
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