Chapter II: Appendix: SPECIAL RULES. By HAMILTON P. SMITH, Retired

Commander R.N., and one of H.M. Inspectors of Factories_, 827

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGS. PAGE

1. Strong’s “Standard Guard” for Engine Fly-wheels, 207

2. Safety Starting-gear for Gas and Oil Engines, 208

3. Coupling with Dangerous Projecting Bolt-heads, 209

4. Safety Coupling with Countersunk Bolt-heads, 209

5. Collar with Dangerous Projecting Set-screw, 209

6. Collar with Countersunk Set-screw, 209

7. A Safe Form of Set-screw, 215

8. For Use with Screwdriver, 215

9. Halstead’s Patent Unbreakable Square-hole Solid-ended
Grub Screw, 215

10. Incomplete Guards for Spur Wheels, 216

11. Spur Wheels with Suitable Guards, 216

12. A Good Form of Guard to Cover Bevel Wheels 217

13. A Method of Covering Shaft Ends with a Sheet-metal Cap, 217

14. Knowles’ Improved Safety Hoist, 219

15. Morgan’s Patent Safety Catch, 221

16. Wadsworth’s Self-landing and Delivering Hoist, 222

17. Self-acting Mules. Shows Unsatisfactory Guard, 223

18. Shows a Guard which Completely Covers the Band round
Pulley, 223

19. Self-acting Mules, 224

20. Hargreave’s Mule Carriage Wheel Guard, 225

21. Hargreave’s Mule Carriage Wheel Guard, 225

22. Safe-guards for Ends of Looms, 226

23. Shuttle Guard, 227

24. Elvatka Guard, 227

25. Longmore’s Guard, 228

26. Victor Guard, 228

27. Woodhouse and Mitchell’s Guard, 229

28. Campbell and Greenwood’s Guard, 229

29. Power Presses, 230

30. Treatment of Persons apparently Killed by Electricity, 264

31. Treatment of Persons apparently Killed by Electricity, 265

32. Mild Form of Dermatitis in Flax-spinner, 268

33. Medium Degree of Dermatitis in Flax-spinner, 268

34. Severe Form of Dermatitis in Flax-spinner, 268

35. Severe Form of Dermatitis in Flax-spinner, 268

36. Disease of Finger Nails in Hide-dressers, 270

37. Severe Type of Disease of Finger Nails in a Hide-dresser, 270

38. Human Lung in Health, 272

39. Lead Miner’s Lung, 272

40. Steel Grinder’s Lung, 272

41. Coal Miner’s Lung, 272

42. Cement, 274

43. Sandstone, 274

44. Granite, 274

45. Lead Dust from Printing Shop, and Type-casting, 274

46. Gilchrist-Thomas’ Slag, 276

47. Needle Grinding, 276

48. Mother-of-Pearl, 276

49. Sawdust, 276

50. Flax, 276

51. Hemp, 276

52. Jute, 276

53. Cotton, 276

54. Silk, 276

55. Horn, 276

56. Ivory, 276

57. Felt Manufacture, 276

58. Dust from Fur Brushing Machine, 276

59. Dust from Rag Cleaning, 276

60. Bone Meal, 276

61. Dust from Wheat Cleaning, 276

62. Ordinary Slag, 276

63. Basic Slag, 276

64. Ganister, 276

65. Dust from Fork Grinding on Dry Stone, 276

66. Powdered Flint, 276

67. Glaze Cleaned off Ware, 276

68. Lead Mine, 284

69. Other View of Lead Mine, 286

70. A “Blue” Bed in a White Lead Factory, 288

71. Female Carrying Basins Filled with Washed White Lead from
Vat to Stoves, 288

72. Interior of Stove for Drying White Lead, 290

73. Section of Caisson Used in Rebuilding Redheugh Bridge, 729

74. The Simplon Tunnel Operations at Iselle, 738

75. Section of Simplon Tunnel, showing Difference in Levels
between North and South Ends 739

76. Section of Simplon Tunnel, showing Cross Gallery by Means of
which Air is Transmitted from Ventilating Passage to Head of
Tunnel where the Men are Working, 739

77. Interior of Bath-house and Vestiary for the Miners at the
Simplon Tunnel, Iselle, 740

78. Bottom Holing, 762

79. Bottom Holing. (To show Position of Head and Eyes), 762

80. Deputy Examining Roof, 764

81. Grinders. Edge-tool Grinding, 778

82. Men Engaged in Chipping, 780

83. Chipping against a Screen. Men Wearing Protectors, 780

84. Protectors, 782

85. Glass-blower when in Normal Condition, 806

86. A later Photograph of Glass-blower in Fig. 85, showing
RelaxedCondition of Cheeks, 806

87. German Sweep’s Costume, 810

88. Belgian Sweep’s Costume, 810

89. Shoemakers’ Chest, 823

LIST OF AUTHORS

ANDERSON, ADELAIDE M.
BALLANTYNE, A.
BELL, JOHN HENRY, M.D.
BROWN, JOHN, M.D., D.P.H.
COLLINGRIDGE, WILLIAM, M.D., ETC.
CUNYNGHAME, HENRY H., C.B.
DEANE, LUCY A. E.
DODD, JOHN R., M.D., ETC.
HALDANE, JOHN, M.D., F.R.S.
HAMER, W. H., M.D., F.R.C.P.
HEDLEY, JOHN, M.D.
JONES, H. LEWIS, M.D.
KELYNACK, T. N., M.D., M.R.C.P.
KEY, A. COOPER, _Major, late R.A._
KNYVETT, SEYMOUR H., M.A. (Oxon.)
LAURIE, A. P., M.A.
LEGGE, T. MORISON, M.D.
LOUIS, HENRY, M.A., A.R.S.M., F.I.C., F.G.S.
M’MILLAN, MARGARET.
MORRIS, MALCOLM, F.R.C.S.
OLIVER, THOMAS, M.D., F.R.C.P.
PATERSON, MARY M.
POWER, D’ARCY, F.R.C.S.
PURDON, HENRY S., M.D.
REID, GEORGE, M.D., D.P.H.
RICHMOND, H. S., B.A.
SIMON, ROBERT M., B.A., M.D. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P.
SMITH, HAMILTON, P., _Retired Commander R.N._
SNELL, SIMEON, F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
SQUIRE, ROSE E.
STUART, JOHN A. E., L.R.C.S. (Edin.)
TATHAM, JOHN, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.
TENNANT, H. J., M.P.
TENNANT, Mrs H. J.
WHEATLEY, JAMES, M.D., B.Sc.
WHITE, ROBERT PROSSER, M.D.
WHITE, SINCLAIR, F.R.C.S.
WILSON, HARRY J.

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