Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ad to be inadewith the safety-lam]3 in all minesbefore the men counnenced towork; and in most cases thelamp used by the fireman fortesting had to be locked. Thesestringent provisions were to Coalmines i)rotect the men against their own wilful carelessness. TheAct, 1872. , ^ T 1 • , ,. , , ? -, Act rendered it penal for any but authorised persons to open safety-lamps vmderground, and only then under certain w
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ad to be inadewith the safety-lam]3 in all minesbefore the men counnenced towork; and in most cases thelamp used by the fireman fortesting had to be locked. Thesestringent provisions were to Coalmines i)rotect the men against their own wilful carelessness. TheAct, 1872. , ^ T 1 • , ,. , , ? -, Act rendered it penal for any but authorised persons to open safety-lamps vmderground, and only then under certain well-defined conditions. Blasting of the coal was permitted only under very stringent regulations. It has always been recognised as a source of danger, and many attempts were made to substitute steel wedges, hydraulic presses, and even the expansion of quicklime cartridges when slaked, but the use of explosives has still been found to be necessary in many mines. The Act of ]<S72 gave to the miners the privilege of maintaining at their own expense a man at the surface to watch the weighing of the coal on their behalf their work, if by contract, having to be paid for by weight,. liIAGUAM Ul ]I.\UTLKY , 1S02. [E}j jiennUsioii of the projprietors of the *^ lUuslnitcd Lonilon Neits.) METALLVROY AXD .VrXIXG, lS4i:-lSS5. 755 and it gave them the further right to appoint some of theirown number to make a complete inspection of their mineat their own cost—a useful privilege, but one very rarelyexercised. Certain breaches of this Act rendered the ownersand managers as well as their men liable to 1M87 a new Act recognised a higher grade of managers;so that certificates are now granted in two classes, firstand second, the former being for the more responsibleleaders, who require high qualifications. Boys were notallowed to be employed under the age of twelve, norengine-men under the age of twenty-one—a condition thatwas sought to be inserted in the first Co
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