de Re Metallica Contributor(s): Agricola, Georgius (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486600068 ISBN-13: 9780486600062 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1950 Annotation: 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. 289 authentic Renaissance woodcuts. Translated by Herbert Hoover. Reprint of English (1912) edition. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Mining - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy - Science | History |
Dewey: 622 |
Series: Dover Earth Science |
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.8" W x 10.7" (3.20 lbs) 672 pages |
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Publisher Description: Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De ReM etallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation -- what today would be called the scientific approach. 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 the mid-sixteenth century. For almost 200 years, Agricola remained the only authoritative work in this area and by modern times it had become one of the most highly respected scientific classics of all time. A book more often referred to in literature on mining and metallurgy than any other, its Latin text prevented it from being as widely used as it might have been. |