Book contents
- Frontmatter
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR
- ERRATA
- COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
- GEOLOGICAL MAPS
- TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Contents
- FIRST PART COAL MINES
- SECOND PART METALLIFEROUS MINES
- CHAPTER I THE STAGES OF THE HUMAN RACE
- CHAPTER II THE LABORATORY OF NATURE
- CHAPTER III THE PRINCES OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM
- CHAPTER IV THE METALLIFEROUS WORLD: EUROPE AND ASIA
- CHAPTER V THE METALLIFEROUS WORLD: AMERICA, POLYNESIA, AFRICA
- CHAPTER VI EUREKA
- CHAPTER VII HIDDEN TREASURES
- CHAPTER VIII THE ATTACK ON THE GROUND
- CHAPTER IX THE SISTERS OF THE CATACOMBS
- CHAPTER X CRUSHING AND WASHING
- CHAPTER XI THE PHALANX OF MINERS
- CHAPTER XII THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
- THIRD PART MINES OF PRECIOUS STONES
- INDEX
CHAPTER II - THE LABORATORY OF NATURE
from SECOND PART - METALLIFEROUS 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
- SECOND PART METALLIFEROUS MINES
- CHAPTER I THE STAGES OF THE HUMAN RACE
- CHAPTER II THE LABORATORY OF NATURE
- CHAPTER III THE PRINCES OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM
- CHAPTER IV THE METALLIFEROUS WORLD: EUROPE AND ASIA
- CHAPTER V THE METALLIFEROUS WORLD: AMERICA, POLYNESIA, AFRICA
- CHAPTER VI EUREKA
- CHAPTER VII HIDDEN TREASURES
- CHAPTER VIII THE ATTACK ON THE GROUND
- CHAPTER IX THE SISTERS OF THE CATACOMBS
- CHAPTER X CRUSHING AND WASHING
- CHAPTER XI THE PHALANX OF MINERS
- CHAPTER XII THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
- THIRD PART MINES OF PRECIOUS STONES
- INDEX
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- Underground LifeOr, Mines and Miners, pp. 292 - 300Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014