| Title: | Lime kiln worker |
| Original Title: | Chaufournier |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 3 (1753), p. 257 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Malcolm Eden [University of London] |
| Subject terms: |
Mechanical arts
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Lime kiln worker." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2007. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.771>. Trans. of "Chaufournier," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 3. Paris, 1753. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Lime kiln worker." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.771 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Chaufournier," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 3:257 (Paris, 1753). |
Lime kiln worker. This name is given to the men who make quicklime. Their job is highly unpleasant because the maintenance of the fire in the kilns demands constant attention, because they work long hours and they are badly paid.