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Maker

Chambers

Subjects

Mining; metallurgy; industry

Title

Chambers’s Information for the People: Number 97 -Mining-Metals-Coal-Salt.

Description

Description of the mining industry, under the following headings:

1)Metalliferous deposits
- Situation of metalliferous deposits
2) Mining operations
- Preliminary proceedings
- Tools - excavating process
- Working
- Drainage
- Support of excavations
- Dressing ores
- Superintendence - management
- The miners
3) Metallurgy - metals
- Iron
- Cast and malleable iron
- Steel
- Lead
- Copper
4) Coal mines
- Coal shafts and workings
- Ventilation of coal mines
- Colliers
- Surface works - Consumption of coal
5) Salt mines

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Latest Date

Pages

14

Address

unknown

Other Makers

Cat no

no. 97

Contents List

Hardback

Prices

Index

Illustrations

Yes

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