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De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556

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De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556

Georg Agricola and Herbert Hoover

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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

  1. 1BOOK II.
  2. 2FOOTNOTES:
  3. 3BOOK III.
  4. 4FOOTNOTES:
  5. 5BOOK IV.
  6. 6FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7BOOK V.
  8. 8FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9BOOK VI.
  10. 10FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11BOOK VII.
  12. 12FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13BOOK VIII.
  14. 14FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15BOOK IX.[1]
  16. 16FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17BOOK X.
  18. 18FOOTNOTES:

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