Main entry:

Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555.

Title & Author:

De re metallica / translated from the first Latin ed. of 1556, with biographical introd., annotations, and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th century, by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover.

Edition:

[New edition].

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1950.
1912.

Description:

xxxi, 638 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 28 cm

Notes:
At head of title: Georgius Agricola.
"A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the Mining magazine, London, in 1912."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-606).
Biographical sketch -- Translation of Books I-XII -- I. Arguments against the art of mining art -- II. The miner and the mining of veins -- III. Veins and stringers and seams in the rocks -- IV. The method of delimiting veins and the functions of the mining officials -- V. The digging of ore and the surveyor's art -- VI. The miners' tools and machines -- VII. The assaying of ore -- VIII. Rules for the work of roasting, crushing, and washing the ore -- IX. Methods of smelting ores -- X. The work of separating silver from gold, and lead from gold and silver -- XI. Separating silver from copper -- XII. Rules for manufacturing salt, soda, alum, vitriol, sulphur, bitumen, and glass -- Agricola's works -- Ancient authors on mineralogy, mining, metalurgy -- Nomenclature to be adopted for weights and measures -- Index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This new 1950 edition of "De Re Metallica" is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine, London, in 1912. Includes index. Originally published in 1556, Agricola's "De Re Mettallica" was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation.

ISBN:

0486600068 (paperback)
9780486600062 (paperback)

Subject:

Metallurgy Early works to 1800.
Mineral industries Early works to 1800.
Metallurgy.
Metals.
Minerals.
Mining engineering.
Mineral industries.
Mining engineering Early works to 1800.
Mining
Technique minière.
Métallurgie.
Mines Industrie.
Technique minière Ouvrages avant 1800.
Métallurgie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mines Industrie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Métaux.
Minéraux.
metallurgy.
metal.
mineral.
mining.
Engenharia Metalurgica E De Materiais.
Mineracao.
Mineralogia.
Historia.

Form/genre:

Early works

Added entries:

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205148
Call No.: TN617 .A4 1950
Status: Available