Ngeorgius agricola de re metallica pdf

Baueragricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. After dealing with ancient mineral remedies during his medical studies and subsequent employment in the mining city of joachimsthal bohemia, agricola devoted himself to the research of mining. With a typed letter signed by herbert hoover laid in. Georg agricola oder georgius agricola, latinisiert aus georg bauer 24. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Agricola wrote his book in the scholarly language of that time, latin. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 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.

Part 1 article in the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh 452. Since this is the only english translation, it is likely to be the lens through which most modern readers will view agricolas work and so merits some further discussion. Dec 07, 2014 2014 reprint of original 1950 edition. It has been made avail able through the kind permission of honor able herbert c. Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that.

Publication was delayed, however, until the illustrations that supplement and ornament the work were completed. 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. O livro continuou sendo o texto autoridade sobre a. Edgar rickard, author and publisher, respec tively, of the original volume. 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 work gives an overview of everything that has to do with the mining industry. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. There are indications that he owned a share in a silver mine.