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Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering pp 111–130Cite as

The Sulphur Mining Industry in Sicily

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A brief history of the Sicilian sulphur industry from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Inhumane working conditions of “zolfatari” and “carusi”. Machines for the extraction of ore. Trade and export of sulphur: French and British merchants. Systems for melting sulphur. The Herman Frasch process and the end of the Sicilian world sulphur monopoly. The Cozzo Disi sulphur mine in Casteltermini: project of restoring and transforming it into a “Museum Mine”. The role of sulphur in the Italian Government’s decision to colonize Libya. An adventurous Sicilian explorer: Ignazio Sanfilippo.

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    Vincenzo Ferrara

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  1. Chemical, Management, Informatics and Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Francesco Sorge

  2. Chemical, Management, Informatics and Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giuseppe Genchi

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Ferrara, V. (2016). The Sulphur Mining Industry in Sicily. In: Sorge, F., Genchi, G. (eds) Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22680-4_8

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