Hooson, William: The Miners Dictionary, Explaining Not only the Terms used by Miners, But also Containing the Theory and Practice of that most Useful Art of Mineing

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Hooson, William : The Miners Dictionary, Explaining Not only the Terms used by Miners, But also Containing the Theory and Practice of that most Useful Art of Mineing

(Ilkley: The Scolar Press, for the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1979)

Limited facsimile edition of the 1747 original. Crown 8vo; cloth-backed papered boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; slipcase; unpaginated. Slipcase scuffed; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. This work by William Hooson, a pioneering Derbyshire mining engineer, is sometimes described as the earliest dictionary of mining.

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