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This new 1950 edition of "De Re Metallica" is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine,London, in 1912.Includes index. Originally published in 1556, Agricola's "De Re Mettallica" was the first book on mining to be based on field re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555 (Author)
Other Authors: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Translator), Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1950.
Edition:New 1950 edition.
Subjects:
Agricola, Georg, > 1494-1555. > De re metallica.
Agricola, Georg, > 1494-1555.
Metallurgy > Early works to 1800.
Mineral industries > Early works to 1800.
Mines and mineral resources > Early works to 1800.
Metallurgy.
Metals.
Minerals.
Metallurgy
Metals
Minerals
Métallurgie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mines > Industrie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Métallurgie.
Métaux.
Minéraux.
metallurgy.
metal.
mineral.
Mines and mineral resources
Mineral industries
Engenharia Metalurgica E De Materiais.
Mineracao.
Mineralogia.
Historia.
Early works to 1800.
Early works
Online Access:Internet Archive, Boston Library Consortium
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Summary:This new 1950 edition of "De Re Metallica" is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine,London, in 1912.Includes index. Originally published in 1556, Agricola's "De Re Mettallica" was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation.
Item Description:"A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the Mining magazine, London, in 1912"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xxxi, 638 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-606) and indexes.
ISBN:0486600068
9780486600062
Place of Publication:United States -- New York