References

Updated
13 Dec 2006

The following publications give a useful insight to Holmans and to the development of the rock drill. All are out of print but are usually available from Mining and Management Consultancy.

·	Cornish Engineering 1801-2001 Holmans, Two Centuries of Industrial Excellence in Camborne (ISBN: 0904040534), 2001. Carter, Clive.

·	An account of Holman Brothers and their output over two centuries.

·	Cornish Engineers. Hollowood, Bernard [Illustrated by Terence Cuneo], 1951. Published by Holman Brothers Ltd., Camborne

·	Officially produced history of Holman Brothers Ltd of Camborne with fine colour plates by Cuneo

·	British Metal Mining Technology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Burt, Roger, 1982

·	Historical Relationship of Mining, Silicosis, and Rock Removal. Holman, Treve 1947, Published by British Journal of Industrial Medicine