[PDF] Historys Most Dangerous Jobs Miners eBook

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 075249225X

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Mining is Britain's oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Since the New Stone Age various minerals have been wrested from British soil – copper, tin, gold, lead – but in later periods the key commodity was coal. Those who worked in the mines were constantly battling on two fronts: there was the continual danger of flood and explosion; and the often bitter struggles against the mine owners. This story is also one of invention and innovation, looking particularly at how the independent miners of Cornwall and Devon were at the forefront of the development of the steam engine that was to transform society. This, the second book in an exciting new series looking at Britain's most dangerous industries, is a tale of blood, sweat and death among a courageous and close-knit community that has now all but passed into history.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 075249225X

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Mining is Britain’s oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Since the New Stone Age various minerals have been wrested from British soil – copper, tin, gold, lead – but in later periods the key commodity was coal. Those who worked in the mines were constantly battling on two fronts: there was the continual danger of flood and explosion; and the often bitter struggles against the mine owners. This story is also one of invention and innovation, looking particularly at how the independent miners of Cornwall and Devon were at the forefront of the development of the steam engine that was to transform society. This, the second book in an exciting new series looking at Britain’s most dangerous industries, is a tale of blood, sweat and death among a courageous and close-knit community that has now all but passed into history.

Author : Suzanne Garbe
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1476501270

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"Describes in detail several of history's most dangerous jobs"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Nick Gordon
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,11 MB
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1612117007

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Sunshine, solid ground, and fresh air. You don't find these things in underground coal mines. Miners must be prepared to work in pitch-black darkness and survive explosions, cave-ins, and the release of deadly gases. Go beneath the surface of one of the most dangerous jobs.

Author : Leon Gray
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482465256

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The Industrial Revolution brought about great changes, but this was a time before many labor laws, and many children had to work from sunup to sundown. The poor had to work as rat catchers and coal miners! Readers will take in important historical context as they learn all about these and other horrible jobs of the era. Sidebars and fact boxes add further detail, including the grotesque "secret" to softening animal hides for leather goods. Historical images and colorful illustrations draw readers deeper into the harsh reality of a pivotal era full of terrible working conditions.

Author : Thurman Miller
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2015-11-02
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ISBN : 9781514661314

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Coal made modern America. It built the factories and ships that won a terrible war and fueled the greatest peacetime economic expansion in history. The American Century came at a cost: the lives and health of the men who wrested coal from the ground. This is the story of how a long career in the most dangerous of jobs helped one soldier rebuild his shattered life, day by day, ton by ton-an inside look at how a miner learns to judge the mountain overhead, his fellow miners, and himself.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0752481266

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This is the story of the men who built Britain's canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There had never been a workforce like the navvies, a great army of men, moving about the country following the work as it became available. This book will tell of their extraordinary feats of strength and their often colourful lives. They lived rough, usually having to make do with huts and shelters cobbled together from whatever materials were available. They worked hard and drank hard. Often exploited by their employers, they were always liable to erupt into riots that could have fatal results. The book will look at who these men were, where they came from – and destroy the myth that they were all Irish. It is a story full of drama, but above all one of great achievements.

Author : Eric Twitty
Publisher : Western Reflections Publishing Company
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 2009-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781937851439

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Interspersing tales of death and survival, Eric Twitty tells the story of explosives in the United States mining industry in an interesting and easy-to-read way. This book is as much for the casual observer of western history as it is for explosive experts wanting to know more about the tools of their trade. Interesting photographs and drawings complete the picture of perhaps the most dangerous of all occupations.