Underground Life - Louis Simonin

Underground Life

Or, Mines and Miners

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
660 Seiten
2014
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-07201-4 (ISBN)
59,95 inkl. MwSt
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.
Born in Marseilles, Louis Simonin (1830–86) became a leading mining engineer of his age. He travelled widely on government and private commissions, particularly around the United States, where he was held in very high esteem. His posthumous renown rests primarily on this substantial work on mining, first published in 1867. The book is divided into three parts, dealing with coal mining, metal mining, and the mining of precious stones. It covers metallurgy and mineralogy, the history of mining, and techniques, methods and equipment. Bringing the struggles of miners to life, and enhanced by numerous illustrations by some of the leading engravers of the day, the book is regarded as having inspired and informed Émile Zola, whose great novel Germinal (1885) depicts coal miners' lives during a strike. Simonin's work reached a wide readership in his native France, and this English translation appeared in 1869.

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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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.8.2014
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
Übersetzer H. W. Bristow
Zusatzinfo 16 Plates, color; 31 Plates, black and white; 14 Maps; 133 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 1040 g
Themenwelt Technik Bergbau
ISBN-10 1-108-07201-1 / 1108072011
ISBN-13 978-1-108-07201-4 / 9781108072014
Zustand Neuware
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