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de Re Metallica

de Re Metallica

Agricola, Georgius

Paperback

Series: Dover Earth Science

Technology & EngineeringSports GeneralGeology

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ISBN10: 0486600068
ISBN13: 9780486600062
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Jun 1 1950
Pages: 672
Weight: 3.20
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.80 Depth: 10.70
Language: English

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.

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