He had taken 20 years to write the book on prospecting, surveying, metallurgy, logistics, mine and smelter construction, mining tools and machinery, and miningrelated health problems. Baueragricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. Internet archive contributor university of california libraries language english. It is the time to improve and also freshen your skill, knowledge and encounter consisted of some enjoyment for you after long period of time with monotone things. Dec 07, 2014 2014 reprint of original 1950 edition. Herbert clark hoover lou henry hoover release date. Before entering public service, herbert hoover was a successful and wealthy mining engineer.
The work covers the mining industry and everything related to it and ranks as one of the great scientific works of the renaissance. Georgius agricola 14901555 was a german mineralogist. Exploracao geoquimica nao e brinquedo georgius agricola. The book was published in 1556 by georgius agricola. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Publication date 1950 topics metallurgy, mineral industries. This is a 300dpi scan from the 1950 dover edition of the 19 hoover translation of the 1556 reference. You may copy it, give it away or re use it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software.
Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. Basically all the shown equipment was current until few decades ago. This book is one of the most important and greatest scientific classics. Adobe digital editions this is a free app specially developed for ebooks. In fact, he and his wife, lou henry hoover, both majored in geology at stanford university. Born in the small town of glauchau, in the electorate of saxony of the holy roman empire, he was broadly educated, but took a particular interest in the mining and refining of metals. 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 dover edition has slightly smaller size prints than the hoover which is a rare book. Article pdf available in annals royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada 27. Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. 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.
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