Passing to Germany in the mid-18th century it had the only Polish gymnasium secondary school in Germany and later was a centre for the World War II Polish underground After the war Bytom became a centre for heavy industry with an integrated iron and steel works and for the mining of coal zinc lead and silver Heavy industry fell into...
History of medicine - History of medicine - The spread of new learning Among the teachers of medicine in the medieval universities there were many who clung to the past but there were not a few who determined to explore new lines of thought The new learning of the Renaissance born in Italy grew and expanded slowly Two great 13th-century scholars who influenced medicine were Roger Bacon...
Smuggling conveyance of things by stealth particularly the clandestine movement of goods to evade customs duties or import or export restrictions Smuggling flourishes wherever there are high-revenue duties eg on tea spirits and silks in 18th-century England coffee in many European countries and tobacco almost everywhere or prohibitions on importation narcotics or on exportation...
Seventeenth Century mining was concentrated around Tyneside and the Washington area of Wearside It spread to the Hetton area after 1800 but was not significant in South West Durham until after 1825 Seven thousand pitmen worked in the region in 1787 growing to 10 000 by 1810...
Jul 12 2017 0183 32 July 12 2017 See Striking 1900s Photos of Coal Miners in Europe and Appalachia With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century coal became essential to manufacturing...
Archives - Early 20th Century After This section of the archives deals roughly with the period beginning after World War I through current tim It includes a a number of newspaper articles and columns actual photographs printed in newspapers and magazines such as Life Magazine photographs videos drawings and paintings created during the...
15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Subcategori This category has the following 10 subcategories out of 10 total...
A website dedicated to providing factual accounts and historic documentation as to the manner of clothing men and boys wore in the 18th 19th and 20th centuri Coal Mining with Females - and Nudity - Historic Archives - Nude Male Swimming...
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth Its predominant use has always been for producing heat energy It was the basic energy source that fueled the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries and the industrial growth of that era in turn supported the large-scale exploitation of coal deposits Since the mid-20th century coal has yielded its place to petroleum and natural...
The amputation of a limb is one of the oldest surgical procedur In the course of medical history operative techniques and surgical instruments have been improved continuously As early as the first century Celsus described an amputation A major step in the development of the operative technique...
Mining activity in the Harz goes back to the 10th and 11th centuri The first water wheels to supply energy to the mines were constructed in the 13th century in the Pandelbach valley southeast of SeesenAt that time mining including this early use of water systems was carried out by the Cistercian abbey of WalkenriedAt first outcropping lodes on the surface of the ground were sought out...
The Hazards of 19th Century Coal Mining Industrial work during the nineteenth century was often hazardous Nowhere was this situation more true that in coal mining By the 1860s some anthracite coal mines in northeastern Pennsylvania had reached as much as 1 500 feet into the earth Miners reached these depths with technologies that by later...
Priapism is known from egyptian antiquity but greek doctors give the name of god Priape to this pathology The physiopathology is controversial between Paré and the authors of Middle age tradition medical The treatment is at first the use of quack medicines and the Velpeau used surgery...
Jan 29 2020 0183 32 During the industrial revolution of the 19th and early 20th centuries coal mining was one of the UK s main industri By the time of the 1911 census there were over 3 000 mines employing over 11 million miners in England Scotland and Wal...
May 30 2012 0183 32 The industries of farming and slate mining are included and show how life in mid-19th century Wales hadn t changed much in hundreds of years Life...
During most of Chile s history from 1500 to the present mining has been an important economic activity 16th century mining was oriented towards the exploitation of gold placer deposits using encomienda labour After a period of decline in the 17th century mining resurged in the 18th and early 19th century this time revolving chiefly around silver...
Aug 30 2017 0183 32 Our look at 19th-century coal mining through the newspapers also revealed an intense sense of community among the miners Especially during times of protests and strik Miners reported that they knew they could rely on their friends and neighbours for support in hard tim Miners were proud of their work...
As we leave the the seventeenth century behind we now move on to see what gems can be found in Norfolk baptisms from the eighteenth century -- a time of the Georgians the Age of Enlightenment and the beginning of the British Industrial Revolution This period is covered much more across the records hence the larger number of names listed below...
The late 19th-century United States is probably best known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant and output At the heart of these huge increases was the mass production of goods by machin This process was first introduced and perfected by British textile manufacturers In the century...
May 16 2008 0183 32 4 Parachute 1913 With the invention of the plane it is only natural to invent the parachute Although the idea of the parachute has been around since the 15 th century Slovakian inventor Stefan Banic is credited with the invention of the first one widely used by the military He donated the US patent to the US Army and received little fame or fortune for it...
Pare Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century François Pare son of Robert and Françoise who married Claire Lacroix daughter of François and Anne in Sainte-Anne Quebec on 26th August 1704 2 Jean Pare son of Robert and Françoise who married Catherine Lainé daughter of Jean and Marie in Sainte-Famille-de-l île-d Orléans Quebec on...
The late 18th century and early 19th century saw a gold rush in Ireland In the years 1795-1830 it is estimated that 7-9 000 oz of gold was extracted from alluvial gravels In 1824 the Mining Company of Ireland was formed and the Irish mining industry grew until...
pare mining in 18th to 20th century 2014-01-22T10 01 37 00 00 Early History - Scottish Mining Website Early Mining History In the 17th and 18th centuries coal miners in Scotland and their families were bound to the colliery in which they worked and the service of its owner...
Diamonds came to dominate small jewels during the 17th century and large ones by the 18th century extended diamond exploration and mining around the globe enormously in the 20th century...
Pre 1900 Although some deep mining took place as early as the 1500s in North East England and along the Firth of Forth coast deep shaft mining in the UK began to develop extensively in the late 18th century with rapid expansion throughout the 19th century and early 20th century when the industry peaked The location of the coalfields helped to make the prosperity of Lancashire of...
Early Mining History In the 17th and 18th centuries coal miners in Scotland and their families were bound to the colliery in which they worked and the service of its owner It was not until the commencement of the thirteenth century that coal was known to exist in Scotland its first discovery being due to the denuding effect of the sea...
Asbestos is the term for a family of naturally occurring minerals that have been used on a small scale since ancient tim Industrialisation demanded increased mining and refining in the 20th century and in 1960 Wagner Sleggs and Marchand from South Africa linked asbestos to mesothelioma paving the way to the current knowledge of the aetiology epidemiology and biology of malignant...
The Library collection includes many songs about mining and mineworkers ranging from the 19th century to the 1984/85 miners strike A book in the Library collection called Songs of the Durham Coalfield shelfmark AG Mining Box 7 tells the history of the family and working life of pit deputy Jock PurdonThe first song is The Easington Explosion remembering the disaster of 1951...
In the early twentieth century life on the farm was challenging but families were very self-sufficient Farmers were able to grow their own food including...
Jan 30 2003 0183 32 American Labor in the 20th Century by Donald M Fisk Bureau of Labor Statistics This article was originally printed in the Fall 2001 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions Originally Posted January 30 2003 The 20th century was a remarkable period for the American worker as wages rose fringe benefits grew and working conditions improved...
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