Agricola wrote his book in the scholarly language of that time, latin. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola bauer and agricola being respectively the german and latin words. Article pdf available in annals royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada 27. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. Richter, a few aspects of the public esteem of agricola, geojournal, vol. Hoover was named secretary of commerce by president harding, and ernest i. Herbert clark hoover lou henry hoover release date. This year has been designated agricola year, to celebrate in various ways the 500th anniversary of the birth of georginus agricola. Endpaper and pastedown with staining otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A number of the prints show ventilating methods that include diverting surface winds into the mouths of shafts, wooden centrifugal fans powered by men and horses, bellows for auxiliary ventilation and air doors. 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. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. Part i in 1556, the final work of the town doctor of chemnitz, a town in saxony, was published posthumously in basel in an edition lavishly illustrated with more than 200 excellent woodcuts.
Heury stomtnel oceanograpker mblwhoi llbrary in aa. Our website was launched by using a want to serve as a total on the web computerized catalogue that o,ers entry to large number of pdf ebook catalog. And the city of chemnitz known as karlmarxstadt from 1953 to 1990 recently celebrated agricola s 500th birthday and presented some information in german on his. 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. The work is a systematic, illustrated treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy. Basically all the shown equipment was current until few decades ago. Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. 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. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 250 years after its publication. There is another agricola page maintained at the university of bologna, italy, with more detailed information about agricola s life and work mostly in italian at this time.
Join us as we take a look through mits rare book collection, including. Before entering public service, herbert hoover was a successful and wealthy mining engineer. Download book metallica ebook, make sure you click the link below and download the file or gain access to other information which might be relevant to orbit. While he describes, for the first time, scores of methods and. 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. An example of one of agricola s prints is reproduced in. Please click on respond to advert orange button to get redirected to the catawiki website. Translated from the first latin edition of ss6 with. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wont find in just any store. Nov 14, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Ex libris royal college of physicians of edinburgh. Edgar rickard, author and publisher, respec tively, of the original volume. In fact, he and his wife, lou henry hoover, both majored in geology at stanford university. The book was published in 1556 by georgius agricola.
This article sets this work in the context of the man and the age in which it was written and explains why, five centuries after his. Translated from the first latin edition of 1556 with. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Catawikis goal is to make special objects universally available. Agricola, a physician, worked in joachimsthal, and his book became the standard work on mining for over 200 years. This book on mining and metals has beautiful woodcut illustrations. 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. Since this is the only english translation, it is likely to be the lens through which most modern readers will view agricolas work and so merits some further discussion. Translated from the first latin edition of 1556 with biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after its publication. It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical. He had taken 20 years to write the book on prospecting, surveying, metallurgy, logistics, mine and smelter construction, mining tools and machinery, and miningrelated health problems.