Ngeorg agricola de re metallica pdf

But agricola was a teacher, philosopher and doctor as well as the worlds first industrial publicist. Georgius agricola march 24, 1494 november 21, 1555 was a german scholar and scientist. But he was known to his contemporaries and is known to history as georgius agricola. This book is one of the most important and greatest scientific classics. It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various specialized. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A schmids georg agrikolas btrmannus, p 14, freiberg, 1806. Agricola his real name was georg bauer was born in 1494 in. He was the type of the learned humanist, the universal scholar of the renaissance. O livro continuou sendo o texto autoridade sobre a.

Georg agricola oder georgius agricola, latinisiert aus georg bauer 24. Courtesy of the burndy library, dibner institute for the history. W stommel gift 1994 a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the mining magazine, london, in 1912. Georgius agricola march 24, 1494 november 21, 1555 was a german scholar and scientist, known as the father of mineralogy. 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. His real name was georg bauer peasant, and it was probably. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556 work on mining was the first based on field research and observation and the methods of modern science. Basically all the shown equipment was current until few decades ago. Agricola presents his observations in 12 chapters, with more than a hundred woodcut illustrations.

Known as the father of mineralogy, he was born at glauchau in saxony. This work is in the public domain in the united states of america. Publication date 1950 topics metallurgy, mineral industries publisher new york, dover publications. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. His real name was georg bauer peasant, and it was probably latinized by his teachers, as. Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that.

We know practically nothing of agricolas antecedents or his youth. Url consultato il 14 gennaio 2006 archiviato dallurl originale il 3 maggio 2006. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers.

The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after. Published only after agricola s death in 1555, the book remained the primary source of mining engineering for 200 years. Tudo aqui gira ao redor da literatura, seja ela nacional ou estrangeira. Ex libris royal college of physicians of edinburgh. He was friends with erasmus, who vigorously promoted. The delay is thought to be due to the books many woodcuts. Agricola is the latinized version of his name, pawer bauer meaning farmer. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy.

The book was published in 1556 by georgius agricola. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. His work paved the way for further systematic study of the earth and of its rocks, minerals, and fossils. 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. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. The work is a systematic, illustrated treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy.