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Dover Publications, US, 1950. First Thus, Hard Cover. Fine/Near Very Good. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE UK. Biographical Introduction, Annotations, And Appendices Upon The Development Of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law From The Earliest Times To The 16th Century. ii, 640 pages, size 11 inches tall by 6.75 inches. 289 illustrattions and 4 facsimile pages from the Latin original. 'Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica 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 its day. For almost 200 years, Agricola remained the only authoritative work in this area and by modern times it had become one of the most highly respected scientific classics of all time. A book more often referred to in literature on mining and metallurgy than any other, its Latin text prevented it from being as widely used as it might have been. In 1912, the book was translated by former President Herbert Clark Hoover and his wife. Printed in a limited edition, the work was quickly bought up by book collectors, historians, and medievalists, who had found that there was much to be learned from its pages. Out of print, this edition has sold for up to $150 to collectors and libraries. The book contains an unprecedented wealth of material on alluvial mining, alchemy, silver refining, smelting, surveying, timbering, nitric acid making, and hundreds of other phases of the medieval art of metallurgy. The text even covers the legal aspects of mining-the use of boundary stones, forfeitures of titles, the specific safety requirements of tunnel building in the 1500's, and so on. But the plates, perhaps more than anything else, are what is responsible for Agricola's continued importance. Brilliantly executed drawings, richly detailed, reveal a whole medieval world of machinery, industrial technique, tools, even costume and architecture. All 289 of the original drawings are reproduced in this reprint of the 1912 edition, offering students of the period, commercial artists, Ternary Systems: Introduction to the T1. engineers, metallurgists, and even curious general readers an unforgettable picture of the first age of technology. Unaltered, unabridged reprint of the 1912 edition. Three appendices: Bibliography, Ancient Authors, Weights and Measures. Biographical and Introduction. Author's and translator's prefaces. Four facsimile pages from the Latin original. 289 illustrations. ii, 640pp. 63/4 x 11. Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] blue grey boards with gilt lettering. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Near Very Good bright colourful wrapper - small amounts of loss to the extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine, some surface abrasion to the lamination. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Inventory No: 004775. THIS BOOK IS HEAVIER THAN THE AVERAGE UPON WHICH CHARGES ARE BASED AND SO WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SHIPPING TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE U.K..

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