De Re Metallica
by Agricola, Georgius (Herbert Hoover translator)
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 161427746X
- ISBN 13
- 9781614277460
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Synopsis
De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after its publication. Agricola had spent nine years in the Bohemian town of Joachimsthal, now in the Czech Republic. (Joachimsthal is famous for its silver mines and the origin of the word "Thaler.
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- Title
- De Re Metallica
- Author
- Agricola, Georgius (Herbert Hoover translator)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 161427746X
- ISBN 13
- 9781614277460
- Publisher
- Martino Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Mansfield Center, CT
- Date Published
- 2014
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