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THE HAZARDS OF LIFE AND ALL THAT

Written by John Bond
Published by Institute Of Physics in 1996
ISBN: 0750303603

THE HAZARDS OF LIFE AND ALL THAT
Written by John Bond.
Stock no. 680471
1st. 1996. Softcover. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A look at some accident and safety curiosities past and present. ISBN: 0750303603. One corner creased.

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Front cover

Cover of THE HAZARDS OF LIFE AND ALL THAT by John Bond

Contents

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Hors d'Oeuvre
  • Chapter 2. At Work
  • Chapter 3. And At Play
  • Chapter 4. On the Move
  • Chapter 5. Gunpowder Plots and Other Explosions
  • Chapter 6. Precaution and Prevention
  • Chapter 7. Chemists and Alchemists
  • Chapter 8. Grave Tales
  • Chapter 9. Packing 'Em In
  • Chapter 10. They Should Have Known Better
  • Chapter 11. Close Confinement
  • Chapter 12. The Best Laid Schemes
  • Chapter 13. Oddities
  • Chapter 14. In Song and Verse
  • Chapter 15. Apocrypha
  • Chapter 16. Quotes
  • Chapter 17. The One That Got Away
  • Chapter 18. Janus
  • Copyright Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index