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. Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. The german mineralogist and writer on mining georgius agricola 14941555 is a major figure in the history of technology. Hoover was named secretary of commerce by president harding, and ernest i. Georgius agricola wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Printers woodcut device on title and at end, over 270 pictorial and technical woodcuts by hans rudolf manuel deutsch and perhaps blasius weffring, many fullpage, full sheet containing woodcut diagrams intended to be cut up and pasted to pp. 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. This large, abundantly illustrated book shows techniques of shafting, pumping by treadmill. The work covers the mining industry and everything related to it and ranks as one of the great scientific works of the renaissance. His work paved the way for further systematic study of the earth and of its rocks, minerals, and fossils. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola.
The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola bauer. 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. Baueragricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing. Georgius agricola project gutenberg selfpublishing. Translated from the first latin edition of 1556 with. Join us as we take a look through mits rare book collection, including. It features authoritative and interesting articles on every aspect of specimen mineralogy, including indepth locality descriptions, new species, mineral market reports, micromineralogy, biographies.
Printers woodcut device on title and at end, over 270 pictorial and technical woodcuts by hans rudolf manuel deutsch and perhaps blasius weffring, many fullpage, full sheet containing woodcut diagrams intended to be cut. He made fundamental contributions to mining geology and. The highly respected, awardwinning mineralogical record magazine is the premier journal for serious mineral collectors, specimenoriented mineralogists and mineral museum curators worldwide. Hoover, full text 650 pages and illustrations george agricola short article from the catholic encyclopedia, 1907 wilsdorf, helmut 1970. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556. Woodcut title device, repeated on bb6v, 2 woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, whiteonblack initials. 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 1556. Publication date 1950 topics metallurgy, mineral industries publisher. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. The delay is thought to be due to the books many woodcuts. Good text, solid binding, presentation label inside cover. Georg agricola books list of books by author georg agricola. This book on mining and metals has beautiful woodcut illustrations.
Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. 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. 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. Endpaper and pastedown with staining otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. Agricola worked as a physician in the silvermining town of.
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