Underground Life - Or, Mines and Miners

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 fm.author_biographical_note2 Klappentext The 1869 translation of an illustrated work on mining, originally published in 1867 and regarded as having inspired Zola's Germinal. Zusammenfassung First published in 1867, and reissued here in its 1869 translation, this highly illustrated work is regarded as having inspired Zola's Germinal. Covering metallurgy and mineralogy, and the history of mining, as well as techniques, methods and equipment, Louis Simonin (1830–86) also brings the struggles of miners to life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's preface; Note by the translator; List of coloured illustrations; List of geological maps; Table of illustrations; Part I. Coal Mines: 1. Coal mines - past and present; 2. Origin of coal; 3. History and tradition; 4. The black country; 5. How coal is discovered; 6. Shafts and levels; 7. How the coal is worked; 8. The field of battle; 9. Falls of roof and inundations; 10. The perilous passage; 11. The soldier of the abyss; 12. Today and tomorrow; Part II. Metalliferous Mines: 1. The stages of the human race; 2. The laboratory of nature; 3. The princes of the mineral kingdom; 4. The metalliferous world: Europe and Asia; 5. The metalliferous world: America, Polynesia, Africa; 6. Eureka; 7. Hidden treasures; 8. The attack on the ground; 9. The sisters of the catacombs; 10. Crushing and washing; 11. The phalanx of miners; 12. The wealth of nations; Part III. Mines of Precious Stones: 1. The family of gems; 2. In the east and under the tropics; 3. The seekers; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Simonin, Louis Laurent Simonin, Simonin Louis
• Assisted by: H. W. Bristow (Translation), Bristow H. W. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108072014
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07201-4
• No. of pages: 660
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining, Mining technology & engineering, Mining technology and engineering