Cornwall Sabine BaringGould 9781236303653 Books
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt ... in Saxony. It was then only that the hydraulic stamps were introduced. In 1742 one steam-engine only was found in the county; but speedily after came a great advance. Savery and Newcomen brought in their steam pump; that of Newcomen was introduced at Chasewater in 1777. Notwithstanding that the methods of descent into the mines by a series of long ladders had been superseded by the man-engine, first introduced in 1842, it was a long time before the old ladders at different successive stages were abandoned. Owing to the introduction of tin from the Straits Settlements, where it is found in the condition of stream tin and can be easily worked, the tin mining in Cornwall, necessitating real mining and the following of lodes, has proved unremunerative and has been abandoned, and now but few mines are worked for the metal. Another cause has fatally affected Cornish mining--the fraudulent practice of the promoters of the mines. It was no uncommon practice for the "captains," when a rich lode was struck, to cover it up, and follow false lodes, till the investors in the venture lost heart and refused to advance more money, when the captains would carry on the work in the real lode, if they could raise the capital, but this they often failed to do, the mine having fallen into discredit, or the water having broken in. But if tin mining be practically dead in Cornwall, another industry has risen with leaps and bounds. It is that of the china-clay and china-stone, employed in the manufacture of porcelain, in the sizing of paper and of cotton materials, in the manufacture of alum, etc. The glazed paper so largely employed in our illustrated papers is made up largely with china-clay. Some years ago the Italian government employed this paper for its official do...
Cornwall Sabine BaringGould 9781236303653 Books
It is ok. What information I can find on Cornwall in other sources is not much. This book added a lot about what was going on there in times past. It is weak on family names and lines but so are the archives in England for the period from the 1800's back to the 1600's. There is nothing about the original peoples who populated the area.I must say that what the book does cover is very great and it will remain part of my library.
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Tags : Cornwall [Sabine Baring-Gould] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... in Saxony. It was then only that the hydraulic stamps were introduced. In 1742 one steam-engine only was found in the county; but speedily after came a great advance. Savery and Newcomen brought in their steam pump; that of Newcomen was introduced at Chasewater in 1777. Notwithstanding that the methods of descent into the mines by a series of long ladders had been superseded by the man-engine,Sabine Baring-Gould,Cornwall,RareBooksClub.com,1236303652,General,History,History - General History,History General,History: World & General
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Cornwall Sabine BaringGould 9781236303653 Books Reviews
Interesting book on the history and geographical location of Cornwall
It is ok. What information I can find on Cornwall in other sources is not much. This book added a lot about what was going on there in times past. It is weak on family names and lines but so are the archives in England for the period from the 1800's back to the 1600's. There is nothing about the original peoples who populated the area.
I must say that what the book does cover is very great and it will remain part of my library.
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