De Re Metallica Georgius Agricola

De Re Metallica Georgius Agricola. Agricola De re metallica Agricola, 14941555 Free Download, Borrow, and Bauer/Agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that "De Re Metallica" by Georg Agricola is a scientific publication written in the mid-16th century

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De Re Metallica was a comprehensive treatise on the state of the art at the time of mining, refining, and smelting metals. 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 we would call the "scientific method."

AGRICOLA (14941555) Illustration of a mine from De Re Metallica published in 1556

The same catalogues also mention an octavo edition of De Re Metallica, Wittenberg, 1612 or 1614, with notes by Joanne Sigfrido; but we believe this to be a confusion with Agricola's subsidiary works, which were published at this time and place, with such notes. Publication was delayed, however, until the illustrations that supplement and ornament the work were completed 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 we would call the "scientific method."

Agricola De re metallica Agricola, 14941555 Free Download, Borrow, and. of 1556, with 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 by Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555 As to Agricola's contribution to the sciences of mining and metal- lurgy, De Re Metallica speaks for itself

Agricola De Re Metallica The First Edition Rare Books. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola ("Bauer" and "Agricola" being respectively the German and Latin words. While he describes, for the first time, scores oi methods and processes, no one would contend that they were discoveries or inventions of his own.