De re metallica (1912)

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De re metallica
by Georgius Agricola, translated by Herbert Hoover
Georgius Agricola1521398De re metallica1912Herbert Hoover



GEORGIUS AGRICOLA


DE RE METALLICA


TRANSLATED FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION 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

HERBERT CLARK HOOVER
A. B. Stanford University, Member American Institute of Mining Engineers,
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, Société des Ingéniéurs
Civils de France, American Institute of Civil Engineers,
Fellow Royal Geographical Society, etc., etc.


AND


LOU HENRY HOOVER
A. B. Stanford University, Member American Association for the
Advancement of Science, The National Geographical Society,
Royal Scottish Geographical Society, etc., etc.





Published for the Translators by
THE MINING MAGAZINE
SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON, E.C.
1912






TO

JOHN CASPAR BRANNER Ph.D.,


The inspiration of whose teaching is no less great than his contribution to science.






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