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De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556
Georg Agricola and Herbert Hoover
The first great textbook of mining and metals, written in Latin in 1556 and translated here in full. Agricola details how ore is found, dug, and smelted, from surveying a vein to refining the metal, illustrated throughout with the machinery of the age. A foundation of geology and metallurgy. Descend into the birth of mining science.
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39 chapters
- 1BOOK II.
- 2FOOTNOTES:
- 3BOOK III.
- 4FOOTNOTES:
- 5BOOK IV.
- 6FOOTNOTES:
- 7BOOK V.
- 8FOOTNOTES:
- 9BOOK VI.
- 10FOOTNOTES:
- 11BOOK VII.
- 12FOOTNOTES:
- 13BOOK VIII.
- 14FOOTNOTES:
- 15BOOK IX.[1]
- 16FOOTNOTES:
- 17BOOK X.
- 18FOOTNOTES:
+ 21 more. The full contents open with the book.
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