Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society - The Forty- Third Annual Report, 1875 - Notes on Cornish Pit Work and all contents of this issue.

Bound in green cloth and with 'Notes on Cornish Pit Work' as the title on the spine. This copy has Mitchell Brothers, Mining Engineers, Redruth, Cornwall stamped on the title page. Presumably bound for the company. Pages 133 to 216 refer to a section on Cornish Mine Drainage by S. Michel and J.T. Letcher and hence the title. Other contents include a report on the Exhibition of that year as well as articles on numerous exhibits including Rock drills, boilers, detachable hooks, gas furnaces, and much more. Also extracts of lectures on 'Overcoming steep gradients on Railways' and ' Porcelain and Pottery Manufacturers in Cornwall'. All the plates, some fold out, appear present. PP.220 + appendix including lists of subscribers, fold out weather chart for1875, further weather tables for other areas, a prize list for 1876 and a forty page catalogue for the 1875 exhibition. Size - 218mm. x145mm. Pp. 220+ appendix + 40pp.