Third Annual Report Royal Cornwall (4 results)

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Darkened front page. Internal pages slightly age toned Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,100grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Title text on front page, slight tear on the edge. Internal pages have occasional marks. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in green cloth and with 'Notes on Cornish Pit Work' as the title on the spine. This copy has Mitchell Brothers, Mining Engineers, Redruth, Cornwall stamped on the title page. Presumably bound for the company. Pages 133 to 216 refer to a section on Cornish Mine Drainage by S. Michel and J.T. Letcher and hence the title. Other contents include a report on the Exhibition of that year as well as articles on numerous exhibits including Rock drills, boilers, detachable hooks, gas furnaces, and much more. Also extracts of lectures on 'Overcoming steep gradients on Railways' and ' Porcelain and Pottery Manufacturers in Cornwall'. All the plates, some fold out, appear present. PP.220 + appendix including lists of subscribers, fold out weather chart for1875, further weather tables for other areas, a prize list for 1876 and a forty page catalogue for the 1875 exhibition. Size - 218mm. x145mm. Pp. 220+ appendix + 40pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pbk, 144 p. ill. chart. map., 3 folded plates.Covers dulled and lower corner of rear cover clipped, some foxing marks and wear to spine o/w a very clean copy in good condition. Copy presented to 'Lieut. Gen. R. Hussey Vivian.' Signed by Lovell Squire, secretary of the Society. Articles - ' On the diseases peculiar to miners ; Method of preserving plants during a long voyage ; Tables relative to the properties and practical application of steam ; Description of some improvements in the Dipping-Needle Deflector ; Chart and table of the Dip. and intensity of terrestrial magnetism ; Two treatises on the pilchard (by Jonathan Couch, F.L.S. and John Chester ; Loam's Counter ; Phillips' Counter ; . etc r428 / m14138. …