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Mine safety

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  • A man in a mine, using safety apparatus invented by Auguste Denayrouze, finds asphyxiated miners. Wood engraving by J. Nash, 1874.
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    Elementary practical first aid for miners / by the Prevention of Accidents Committee of the Rand Mutual Assurance Co., Ltd.

    | Date: [1936]
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    Regulating health and safety in the British mining industries, 1800-1914 / Catherine Mills.

    Mills, Catherine. | Date: [2010], ©2010
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    A few additional practical observations on the wire-gauze safety-lamps for miners : with some evidence of their use / [by Sir Humphry Davy].

    Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829. | Date: 1816
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    A man in a mine, using safety apparatus invented by Auguste Denayrouze, finds asphyxiated miners. Wood engraving by J. Nash, 1874.

    Nash, J. (Joseph), -1922. | Date: [1874] | Reference: 577892i
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    The life of Sir Humphry Davy : Bart., LL. D., late president of the Royal Society, foreign associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c. / by John Ayrton Paris.

    Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856. | Date: 1831
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