The work covers the mining industry and everything related to it and ranks as one of the great scientific works of the renaissance. I was very pleased to receive it and appreciate your thoughtfulness. Basically all the shown equipment was current until few decades ago. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else.
The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. Georg agricola oder georgius agricola, latinisiert aus georg bauer 24. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software. Dec 07, 2014 2014 reprint of original 1950 edition. Our members are dedicated and scrupulous professionals who endeavor to maximize the value of your minerals exploration efforts. First there is philosophy, that he may discern the origin, cause, and nature of subterranean things. Tudo aqui gira ao redor da literatura, seja ela nacional ou estrangeira. It has been made avail able through the kind permission of honor able herbert c. It was a blur of social activity from dawn to dusk and back again, and i would meet literally everyone in copenhagen, from ken anthony to lars childhood mate who ran the airport i was reliably informed that if i ever had any problem with anything, saidfriend would sort it out, and trust me, i knew that if i wanted to ride an elephant through the terminal whilst wearing a suit of. W stommel gift 1994 a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the mining magazine, london, in 1912. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Join us as we take a look through mits rare book collection, including.
Url consultato il 14 gennaio 2006 archiviato dallurl originale il 3 maggio 2006. This book on mining and metals has beautiful woodcut illustrations. Kirja julkaistiin vuosi agricolan kuoleman jalkeen ja varsinkin sen kansankielisista kaannoksista muodostui merkittava kaivostominnan kasikirja pariksi seuraavaksi vuosisadaksi. Feb, 2018 metallica licensed to youtube by audiam label. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola.
Nov 14, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Biringuccio was essentially a metalworker, and his book dealt with smelting, refining, and assay methods methods for determining the metal content of ores and covered metal casting, molding, core making, and the production of such commodities as cannons and castiron cannonballs. Although this 16th century classic is recognized mostly for its exposition of mineral and. Georgius agricola march 24, 1494 november 21, 1555 was a german scholar and scientist, known as the father of mineralogy. The book was published in 1556 by georgius agricola. Lou henry hoover one of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556 work on mining was the first based on field research and observation and the methods of modern science. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556 work on mining was the first based on field research and observation and the methods of modern science. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556. Recently vannucci biringuccio, of sienna, a wise man experienced in many matters, wrote in vernacular italian on the subject of the melting. It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various. Born in the small town of glauchau, in the electorate of saxony of the holy roman empire, he was broadly educated, but took a particular interest in the mining and refining of metals. Publication date 1950 topics metallurgy, mineral industries publisher new york, dover publications. It opens with a dedication to his patrons, the dukes maurice and august of saxony, and with a fourpage eulogy in latin verse by his lifelong friend georg fabricius 15161571 who kept agricolas.
Agricola described and illustrated such methods as amalgamation, and the use of spiral inclines for moving heavy equipment from. This file comes from wellcome images, a website operated by wellcome trust, a global charitable foundation based in the united kingdom. The publisher has supplied this book in drm free form with digital watermarking. In fact, he and his wife, lou henry hoover, both majored in geology at stanford university. It is unfortunate that agricolas own countrymen have not. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document. The italian translation is by michelangelo florio, and is by him dedicated to elizabeth, queen of england. Georgius agricola 14901555 was a german mineralogist.
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