History of the Scottish Coal Industry, 1700-1815. A social and industrial history

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Early scholarly history of the industry. Referred to as 'Volume One' [Vol 2??]. Has Chapters: 1] 'Outline of developments, 1700-1815'; 2] 'Winning and working' - 'Prospecting and boring' / 'Sinking the shafts' / 'Systems of working' / 'Getting the coal'; 3] 'Drainage and ventilation' - 'Free course drainage' / 'Wind, water and horse power' / 'Steam pumping' / Damps and ventilation' / 'Fire'; 4] 'Underground haulage and winding' - 'Bearing' / 'Drawing and putting' / 'Winding'; 5] 'Managing the mine' - 'The problem outlined' / 'The colliery hierarchy' / 'Recruitment and quality of lower management' / 'Upper management and viewing' / 'The compleat viewer'; 6] 'Landowners and leases' - 'The landed coal master' / 'Eastern Scotland' / 'Western Scotland' / 'The mining lease'; 7] 'The rise of the coal companies' - 'The beginnings' / 'The age of Carron' / 'The western iron and coal companies' / 'The wider context'; 8] 'Transport and sale' - 'Surface treatment' / 'Carting' / 'Waggonways' / 'Canals' / 'Shipment' / 'Price and output control'; 9] 'Labour and its reward' - 'Serdom - its nature and extent' / 'The colliery communities' / 'Wages - some preliminaries' / 'Work load and wages'; 10] 'Emancipation and beyond' - Social habits of a servile community' / 'The Act of 1775' / 'The aftermath' / '1799 and beyond'. Includes schedule of 'Known colliery steam engines fitted c1800' and explanation of weights and measures.