Le "Nouvel Art de Prospection Miniere" de William Smith et le "Project de Houillere de Brewham": un essai malencontreux de recherche de charbon dans le Sud-Ouest de L'Angleterre, entre 1803 et 1810.

Reference Number

PP/2620

Level of Description

Item

Title

Le "Nouvel Art de Prospection Miniere" de William Smith et le "Project de Houillere de Brewham": un essai malencontreux de recherche de charbon dans le Sud-Ouest de L'Angleterre, entre 1803 et 1810.

Creator(s) & Administrative History

Torrens, Hugh S.: Author

Date

1997

Extent

Pages: 18

Description

Taken from De la geologie a son histoire, CTHS, 1999, pp. 101-118. Article in French about an attempt by a group of English entrepreneurs living in or near Bruton, Somerset to try to find coal at Brewham (two nearby villages) in 1803. It includes a section on the attempt to find coal at Batheaston 1804-1810

Subject

Coal mining