De Re Metallica

De Re MetallicaOriginally published in 1556, Agricola's De ReM etallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation what today would be called the "scientific approach." 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 from antiquity to the mid sixteenth century. For almost 200

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Each of these chapters follows a basic format that combines drawings of the featured body portion from many different angles

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Reprint of the Wadsworth & Brooks

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begins with the alchemists of ancient Greece and China and goes on to discuss alchemical apparatus