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Excerpt from Glossary of Terms: Used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham The first edition of the "Glossary of Terms used in The Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham," was published anonymously in 1849. The number of copies printed was limited, and was soon disposed of. A second edition, which was merely a reprint of the first, followed shortly afterwards; and it also soon became out of print. The Authorship of the "Glossary" was acknowledged by the writer in his preface to the first edition of "A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering," which was published in 1855. It had for some time been in the mind of the Author to publish a third edition of the "Glossary." The appearance recently of a book having exactly the same title, has hastened the re-publication, particularly as it has, without any acknowledgment, and very largely indeed, drawn verbatim from the pages of the original. The present edition has been entirely re-written. The information contained in the first has been extended and added to; the same style has been observed, as it has been the wish of the Author to include in his book the records of how things were 50 years ago, and much more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.