Compendium of British Mining, with Statistical Notices of the Principal Mines in Cornwall; To Which Is Added the History and Uses of Metals, and a Glossary of the Terms and Usages of Mining.

Watson, Joseph Yelloly

ISBN 10: 1241068496 / ISBN 13: 9781241068493

Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Compendium of British Mining, with Statistical Notices of the Principal Mines in Cornwall; To Which Is Added the History and Uses of Metals, and a Glossary of the Terms and Usages of Mining.
• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1241068496
• ISBN 13: 9781241068493
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Title: Compendium of British Mining, with statistical notices of the principal mines in Cornwall; to which is added the history and uses of metals, and a glossary of the terms and usages of mining.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps, charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting geological features of the natural world. Also contained are textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Watson, Joseph Yelloly; 1843. 8 . 726.i.19.

Book Description

The mining agent Joseph Yelloly Watson (1817-88) produced this short work for private circulation in 1843. The compendium includes descriptions of British mines, mining processes, working conditions and management structures. It concludes with notes on the history of metal mining, followed by a useful glossary.