Book contents
- Frontmatter
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR
- ERRATA
- COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
- GEOLOGICAL MAPS
- TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Contents
- FIRST PART COAL MINES
- CHAPTER I COAL MINES–PAST AND PRESENT
- CHAPTER II ORIGIN OF COAL
- CHAPTER III HISTORY AND TRADITION
- CHAPTER IV THE BLACK COUNTRY
- CHAPTER V HOW COAL IS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER VI SHAFTS AND LEVELS
- CHAPTER VII HOW THE COAL IS WORKED
- CHAPTER VIII THE FIELD OF BATTLE
- CHAPTER IX FALLS OF ROOF AND INUNDATIONS
- CHAPTER X THE PERILOUS PASSAGE
- CHAPTER XI THE SOLDIER OF THE ABYSS
- CHAPTER XII TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
- SECOND PART METALLIFEROUS MINES
- THIRD PART MINES OF PRECIOUS STONES
- INDEX
CHAPTER VIII - THE FIELD OF BATTLE
from FIRST PART - COAL MINES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR
- ERRATA
- COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
- GEOLOGICAL MAPS
- TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Contents
- FIRST PART COAL MINES
- CHAPTER I COAL MINES–PAST AND PRESENT
- CHAPTER II ORIGIN OF COAL
- CHAPTER III HISTORY AND TRADITION
- CHAPTER IV THE BLACK COUNTRY
- CHAPTER V HOW COAL IS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER VI SHAFTS AND LEVELS
- CHAPTER VII HOW THE COAL IS WORKED
- CHAPTER VIII THE FIELD OF BATTLE
- CHAPTER IX FALLS OF ROOF AND INUNDATIONS
- CHAPTER X THE PERILOUS PASSAGE
- CHAPTER XI THE SOLDIER OF THE ABYSS
- CHAPTER XII TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
- SECOND PART METALLIFEROUS MINES
- THIRD PART MINES OF PRECIOUS STONES
- INDEX
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- Underground LifeOr, Mines and Miners, pp. 145 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014