Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. The work is a systematic, illustrated treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. I was very pleased to receive it and appreciate your thoughtfulness. Basically all the shown equipment was current until few decades ago. W stommel gift 1994 a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the mining magazine, london, in 1912. Agricola, georg, 14941555 hoover, herbert, 18741964 hoover, lou henry, 1874. This book is one of the most important and greatest scientific classics. Agricola his real name was georg bauer was born in 1494 in glauchau in saxony. 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. The book was published in 1556 by georgius agricola. Translated from the first latin edition of 1556 with.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Georg agricola th georg agricola startseite th georg. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. 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.
The delay is thought to be due to the books many woodcuts. Mine ventilation an overview page 1 min218 reading material a brief history of mine ventilation. Url consultato il 14 gennaio 2006 archiviato dallurl originale il 3 maggio 2006. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius.
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. O livro continuou sendo o texto autoridade sobre a. It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various. Nov 14, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to. Georgius agricola 14901555 was a german mineralogist. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing. He was friends with erasmus, who vigorously promoted. He was the type of the learned humanist, the universal scholar of the renaissance. This first edition, signed by georgius agricola, herbert hoover is available at bauman rare books.
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