Rare and Sought After [USED] A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries; Including Numerous Statistics Regarding Ventilation and the Prevention of Accident in Mines and Illustrated with Explanatory Engravings and Colliery Plans

[USED] A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries; Including Numerous Statistics Regarding Ventilation and the Prevention of Accident in Mines and Illustrated with Explanatory Engravings and Colliery Plans

[USED] A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries; Including Numerous Statistics Regarding Ventilation and the Prevention of Accident in Mines and   Illustrated with Explanatory Engravings and Colliery Plans
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Mathias Dunn, HB,391pp. Folding frontis., 9 plates, 3 plans including 1 folding, 2nd Edition Published 1852 by the Author and Messrs Dodsworth

2nd Ed. xii + 391pp. Folding frontis., 9 plates, 3 plans including 1 folding. rebound in gilt lettered cloth. Matthias Dunn (1788–1869) Inspector of Mines in the North-east of England, United Kingdom during the 19th century. He was keen to improve safety. He owned a quarter share in the Stargate Pit, site of the Stargate Pit Explosion of 1826 where an explosion of firedamp took the lives of 38 men and boys