COAL MINES; PARLIAMENT [DAVY LAMP]: Report from the Select Committee on Coal Mines,, , together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index, First Edition, xvi, 247pp, 3 plates (2 of which folding), folio, a number of library marks and stamps on title with cancels, a good copy in contemporary half calf, spine a little rubbed but sound, London, House of Common, 1852. The Committee, chaired by Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, was appointed "to inquire into the Causes of the frequency of Explosions in Coal Mines, with a View to Prevent the appalling Loss of Life arising from them." Includes an evaluation of the famous Davy lamp. Photograph available on request. (Book ref. 17766) £ 160.00
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