RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe, Edward D. Sutcliffe
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd.
in 1948
RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe, Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
2nd.
1948.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. The life of the late Richard Sutcliffe, and of his stuggles, and triumphs, and setbacks. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Edge of front cover is bumped. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface to the 2nd edition
- Foreword
- PART ONE
- 1849-1868 "There's a Divinity That Shapes Our Ends"
- 1868-1875 Mining Career Commences
- 1876-1877 Surveyor: Manager: Coal-Cutting
- 1877-1886 In England-Ireland-England
- 1887-1897 Coal-Cutting and Pit-Sinking
- 1897-1914 The Pioneer of Underground Belt Conveying
- 1914-1930 "Keep Upright on to the End of the Road"
- Epilogue
- PART TWO
- "Notes on the Working of a New Belt Conveyor for a Thin Seam" , Read in November 1905, and Discussions Thereon
- Copy of Rules Forumlated for the Guidance of Conveyor Deputies - 1906
- Extracts from Paper Read by Mr. Thomas Walton - 1912
- PART THREE
- Present Day Products