De Re Metallica

2014 Reprint of Original 1950 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in 1556, Agricola's "De Re Metallica" was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation--what today we would call the "scientific method." It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various specialized techniques of the many branches of mining, and the first to provide a realistic history of mining from antiquity to 1556. In 1912, the book was translated by Hebert Hoover, future president of the U.S. and printed in a limited quantity. The book contains a wealth of material on alluvial mining, alchemy, silver refining, smelting, surveying, timbering, nitric acid making and hundreds of other aspects of medieval mining practice. Profusely illustrated.

Author: Georgius Agricola
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: 12/07/2014
Pages: 676
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.62lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.36d
ISBN13: 9781614277460
ISBN10: 161427746X
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Mining
- Science | Earth Sciences | General
- Technology & Engineering | Metallurgy

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