 ... to do it for them. They have nothing else to do; but, as their office must be performed from the repassing of the first to the passing of the last corve during the day, they are in the pit the whole time it is worked, frequently above 12 hours a day.  The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines and ... - Side 39af Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring into the Employment and Condition of Children in Mines and Manufactories - 1842 - 90 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1839
...it for them. They have nothing else to do ; but as their office must be performed from the repaxsing of the first to the passing of the last corve during the day, they are in the pit during the whole time it is worked, frequently above twelve hours a-day. They sit moreover iu the dark,... | |
 | 1841 - 278 sider
...unable to do so, run to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do, but as their office must be performed from the repassing...whole time it is worked, frequently above twelve hours a day. They sit, moreover, in the dark, often with a damp floor to stand on, and exposed necessarily... | |
 | 1842 - 832 sider
...it, the safety of the mine, and the lives of the persons employed in it, entirely depend." . . . . " As their office must be performed from the repassing of the first to the passing of the last corve1 during the day, 1 " Corve," a carriage for conveying the COB). they are in the pit the whole... | |
 | William James Linton - 1843 - 356 sider
...to do so, run to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do ; but, as their office must be performed from the repassing...pit the whole time it is worked, frequently above 12 hours a day. They sit, moreover, in the dark, often with a damp floor to stand on, and exposed necessarily... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1845 - 472 sider
...to do so, run to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do ; but, as their office must be performed from the repassing...dark, often with a damp floor to stand on, and exposed necessarily to draughts. It is a most painful thing to contemplate the dull, dungeon-like life these... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1852 - 256 sider
...to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do ; but as their offiee must be performed from the repassing of the first to the passing of the last Fig. 586. TllAfPLa IN THE LAS'C eorve during the day, they are in the pit the whole time it is worked,... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1859 - 462 sider
...to do so, run to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do ; but, as their office must be performed from the repassing...dark, often with a damp floor to stand on, and exposed necessarily to draughts. It is a most painful thing to contemplate the dull, dungeon-like life these... | |
 | Nigel Kelly, Jane Shuter, Rosemary Rees - 1998 - 296 sider
...in mines in 1842: They are called trappers. They sit in a little hole and open and shut the doors. They are in the pit the whole time it is worked, frequently about twelve hours a day. They sit in the dark, often with a damp floor. Their ages range from five... | |
 | Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter - 1998 - 102 sider
...in mines in 1842: They are called trappers. They sit in a little hole and open and shut the doors. They are in the pit the whole time it is worked, frequently about twelve hours a day. They sit in the dark, often with a damp floor. Their ages range from five... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2003 - 244 sider
...unable to do so, run to the nearest man to get him to do it for them. They have nothing else to do; but, as their office must be performed from the repassing...pit the whole time it is worked, frequently above 12 hours a day. They sit, moreover, in the dark, often with a damp floor to stand on, and exposed necessarily... | |
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