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mines and mineral resources13
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
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Ansted, D T (1814-1880)1
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Barba, Alvaro Alonso (1569-)1
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The first book of the art of mettals : in which is declared the manner of their generation and the concomitants of them

Barba, Alvaro Alonso (1569-); Sandwich, Edward Montagu Earl of (1625-1672)

1670

Part 2 has separate title-page and pagination: The second book of the art of mettals, wherein is taught the common way of refining quicksilver, with some new rules for the better performance of the sa...

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Scenery, science and art : being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer

Ansted, D T (1814-1880)

1854

Contents: France - Switzerland - Germany - Spain - Island of Sardinia - Africa - America.

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Sound Recordings, County Durham and Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1954

Male informant, recorded in Eggleston in 1954, answers a selection of questions from Books I-IX of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, used in the Survey of English Dialects. Following these questions, he ...

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Some account of mines and the advantages of them to this kingdom : with an appendix relating to the mine adventure in Wales

Heton, Thomas

1707

Errata: p. [24], 1st group. Attributed to Heton by British Library, NUC and Hanson (754). Includes index.

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...

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An Account of the Dialect of Staithes in the North Riding of Yorkshire

Lawson, Mabel Stockwell

1949

M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Staithes (North Yorkshire), based on fieldwork data collected in 1947 from six informants, using Joseph Wright's 'English Dialect Grammar', and the Dieth-Orton Que...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La11-12 and North Yorkshire locations 6Y1-2. The original recordings were made between November 1952 ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

October 1974

Bessie Hammond, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 2 October 1974; talks about where she learned the songs she sings - radio, singing at work; singing at an old people's club; learning songs at schoo...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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