Incidents In The Life Of A Mining Engineer - Couverture souple

McCarthy, Edward Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408622955 ISBN 13 : 9781408622957

Editeur : Read Books, 2007

Synopsis

This work is the reminiscences and adventures of a mining engineer compiled from various letters and diaries throughout his career. Provides a very interesting and fascinating look into the life and times of mining and miners. Contains stories and experiences from all over the globe.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Reminiscences, but have refrained from attempting the task, rather from diffidence as to my literary powers than from lack of interesting incident or useful experience. My present decision to put together in consecutive order a certain number of those incidents and experiences, is not to be mistaken as an endeavour to compile a conventional volume of reminiscences. I am fully aware that my book will rely for its value on its matter, not on its manner. There is plenty of daily matter in the life of a mining engineer, and I have had my full share of adventure in many lands. But I doubt if I should have been induced to make a book out of my own life, except in the hope of helping the noble work of the St. Dunstan s Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors, to whose funds it will be my privilege to contribute all the sale-proceeds of the first edition of this volume. My object is to assist our blinded heroes, and if some invalid soldiers derive an hours relaxation from these pages, I shall be amply rewarded for the many hours which I have given to the writing of them. The informal character of the book, which has been written from diaries and letters, seems to render it inappropriate to refer otherwise than casually to many friends and companions of former days; and for the same reason I have avoided set descriptions of the countries which I have visited, or of the mines and the many technical problems connected therewith that make the profession of a mining engineer so interesting. E.T.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408622955
• ISBN 13: 9781408622957
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 396
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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