 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1775 - 436 דפים
...ifr not dug, as in the mines of tin or coalj which we have in England, but is torn up by powder. This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one of the moft tremendous and awful, it is poffible to conceive. We arrived at the mouth of the great mine, which... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 536 דפים
...is not dug, as in the miues of tin or coal, which we have in England, but is torn up by powder. This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one of the moft tremendous and awful it is poffible to conceive. We arrived at the month of the great mine, 'which... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 420 דפים
...not dug, as in the mines of tin or coal, which we have in England, but is torn tip by powder. This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one...arrived at the mouth of the great mine, -which is near half an English mile in circumference, in time to be present at it. Soon after twelve the first... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 דפים
...half in length. The ore in this mine is not dug out, but blown up by gunpowder, an operation which is performed every day at noon, and is one of the most awful and tremendous that can-be imagined." Our travellers arrived just at the moment of explosion... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 דפים
...not dug, as is usual in other mines, but is torn up by the force of gunpowder — an operation which is performed every day at noon, and is one of the most awful and tremendous that can possibly be conceived. " We arrived," observes the tourist, " at the... | |
 | 1822 - 184 דפים
...awful and tremendous that can possibly be conceived. " We arrived," observes a recent traveller, " at the mouth of the great mine, which is nearly half...circumference, in time to be present at it. Soon after twelve, the first explosion look place, and D 2 .; ,eou'<] not JIR soapUy compared to any thing as trf" «ubterraneous... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 238 דפים
...ore in Europe. It is not dug as in the mines of tin and coal in England, but torn up by powder. This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one of the most tremendous it is possible to conceive. We arrived at the mouth of the great mine, which is nearly half an English... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 דפים
...ore in Europe. It is not dug us in the mines of tin and coal in England, but torn up by powder. This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one of the most'tremendous and awful it is possible to conceive. We arrived at the mouth of the great mine, which... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 דפים
...by powder. This operation is performed even day at noon, and is one of the most tremendous and awfal it is possible to conceive. We arrived at the mouth...of the great mine, which is nearly half an English milt •.circumference, in time to be present at it. Soon after twelve o'clock, the first explosion... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 478 דפים
...operation is performed every day at noon. The following is Wraxall's account of a visit to this mine — " We arrived at the mouth of the great mine, which is...circumference, in time to be present at it. Soon after 1 2 the first explosion took place, and could not be so aptly compared to any thing as to subterraneous... | |
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This operation is performed every day at noon, and is one of the most tremendous and awful it is possible to conceive. We arrived at the mouth of the great mine, -which is near half an English mile in circumference, in time to be present at it. 