L m willies (18 risultati)

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:0903485834.…

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:0903485834.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean inside covers and pages. Contains black and white plates. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0903485834. ISBN/EAN: 9780903485838. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50819013012. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Condizione: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st.ed. A tidy copy in tight binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Good Condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Condizione: Good. 1979. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographs. Signed with dedication from an author (Parker) on title page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Unpaginated but with 97 photographs. Softback exlibrary; Octavo.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. unpaginated but with 97 photographs. softback; Octavo.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. unpaginated but with 97 photographs. softback; Octavo.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. unpaginated but with 97 photographs. softback; Octavo.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card covers [softback]. 8vo 8¼'' x 6'' unpaginated ISBN 0903485834. Monochrome photographic illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued, as new. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0903485834 MINING & GEOLOGY.

Condizione: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card covers [softback]. 8vo 8¼'' x 6'' unpaginated ISBN 0903485834. Monochrome photographic illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued, as new. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0903485834 MINING & GEOLOGY.

Condizione: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card covers [softback]. 8vo 8¼'' x 6'' unpaginated ISBN 0903485834. Monochrome photographic illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued, as new. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0903485834 MINING & GEOLOGY.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 149 pages ; 30 cm. Series: Special publication (Historical Metallurgy Society), v.12, no. 3 (Summer 1994) Mining before powder: papers presented at the Georgius Agricola 500th Anniversary Conference is a prominent 1994 publication documenting ancient, medieval, and early-modern mining technologies used before the advent of gunpowder blasting. The volume compiles research from a landmark academic meeting held at Charlotte Mason College in Ambleside, Cumbria, from 25-27 March 1994. The event was organized to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), the German scholar widely revered as the "father of mineralogy" and author of the seminal 1556 mining text De re metallica.Editors: Edited by the noted geologists and mining historians Trevor D. Ford and Lynn Willies.Publishers & Sponsoring Societies: Organised and issued jointly by the Peak District Mines Historical Society (PDMHS) and the Historical Metallurgy Society (HMS) The papers explore historical mining techniques across Europe and the British Isles, focusing heavily on primitive engineering, manual excavation, and thermal rock-breaking. Notable papers and themes included in the volume feature: Firesetting Technology: Lynn Willies details the historical practice of thermal shock—using targeted wood fires quenched with water to crack stubborn rock faces before explosives existed.Early Field Excavations: Insights into pioneering archaeological digs at historic mining sites, such as the Bronze Age copper operations at Copa Hill (Cwmystwyth), Chinflon, and Kestel. Prehistoric Mining Landscapes: A survey of Neolithic flint and mineral mining landscapes, including sites like Cissbury in Sussex.Roman and Medieval Infrastructure: Analysis of Roman gold extraction at Dolaucothi alongside technological evolutions in early English silver-lead and copper production.…