Wire Ropes in Mines. Proceedings of a Conference held at Ashorne Hill, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in September, 1950
by The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1951). 8vo; original green cloth with gilt titles; pp. xiv + 828 (including index); black-and-white photographs; folding charts. Boards a little soiled and worn at head and tail of spine; tiny ink mark on front free endpaper; small damp stain on lower edge of text block. Very good condition. 'The Conference on Wire Ropes in Mines was held, by kind permission, at the British Iron and Steel Federation's conference centre, Ashorne Hill, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, from 19th to 23rd September, 1950.
This volume of the Proceedings of the Conference contains the eighteen papers, a report of the discussion and subsequent contributions.' .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 958
- Title
- Wire Ropes in Mines. Proceedings of a Conference held at Ashorne Hill, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in September, 1950
- Author
- The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1951)
- Keywords
- Mining. Wire Ropes. Technology Mining
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mining;
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Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.