THE LOCAL HISTORIAN'S TABLE BOOK, Том 3

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M. A. Richardson, 1843
 

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Стр. 116 - Immense quantities of dust and small coal accompanied these blasts, and rose high into the air, in the form of an inverted cone. The heaviest part of the ejected matter, such as corves, pieces of wood, and small coal, fell near the pits; but the dust, borne away by a strong west wind, fell in a continued shower from the pit to the distance of a mile and a half.
Стр. 367 - John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Стр. 231 - for making and maintaining a railway or tramroad from the river Tees, at Stockton, to Witton Park Colliery, with several branches therefrom, all in the county of Durham...
Стр. 116 - After the mine had been made air tight for about six weeks, to extinguish the fire, it was again opened, and on the 8th of July the workings were entered, and the first dead body found. From various obstructions, the last of the bodies (some of whom were under six or seven feet of stone) was not found until the 19th of September. All these persons (except four, who were buried in single graves) were interred in Heworth chapel-yard, in a trench, side by side, two coffins deep, with a partition of...
Стр. 135 - A View of Northumberland, with an Excursion to the Abbey of Mailross, in Scotland,
Стр. 127 - An ingenious and highly interesting experiment was performed in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators, on the railway leading from the collieries of Kenton and Coxlodge, near Newcastle, by the application of a steam-engine, constructed by Messrs. Fenton, Murray and Wood, of Leeds, under the direction of Mr. John Blenkinsop, the patentee, for the purpose of drawing the coal wagons.
Стр. 115 - A slight trembling, as from an earthquake, was felt for about half a mile around the workings; and the noise of the explosion, though dull, was heard at three or four miles distance, and much resembled an unsteady fire of infantry. Immense quantities of dust and small coal accompanied these blasts, and rose high into the air, in the form of an inverted cone. The heaviest part of the ejected matter, such...
Стр. 50 - The shameless hand be foully crimson'd o'er With blood of its own lord. Dreadful attempt! Just reeking from self-slaughter, in a rage To rush into the presence of our Judge ! As if we challenged him to do his worst, And matter'd not his wrath.
Стр. 367 - Durham, having been created a peer by the style and title of Baron Durham, of the city of Durham, and of Lambton castle, in the county of Durham, a new writ for an MP for the county was issued January...
Стр. 110 - The Invincible Island," and in 1807 he completed and published his " Lectures on the Poets." His last publication was " Memoirs of Himself," which are dedicated to the ingenious Miss Porter. There is a portrait of Mr. Stockdale prefixed to his poems.

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