Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. The work is a systematic, illustrated treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. 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. 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 from antiquity to 1556. According to the translators, agricola, not having any latin terms to describe hundreds of the processes described in his book, invented a large number of. 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. Agricolaforschungszentrum chemnitz georgius agricola. The work covers the mining industry and everything related to it and ranks as one of the great scientific works of the renaissance. One of the greatest of these was georgius agricola. The highly respected, awardwinning mineralogical record magazine is the premier journal for serious mineral collectors, specimenoriented mineralogists and mineral museum curators worldwide.
When some years later, in 1903, the hoovers had the opportunity to purchase a copy of the original edition, they. Translated from the first latin edition of 1556 with. In book two, agricola describes how miners should run the mines. 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. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Nov 14, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It became his bestknown work and was enlivened by many excellent woodcut illustrations. According to the translators, agricola, not having any latin terms to describe hundreds of the processes. This large, abundantly illustrated book shows techniques of shafting, pumping. This 12volume work is a comprehensive and systematic study, classification and methodical guide on all available.
Baueragricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. His work paved the way for further systematic study of the earth and of its rocks, minerals, and fossils. Known as the father of mineralogy, he was born atglauchau in saxony. One corner has some wear and one spot on the bottom edge.
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. This book is available with additional data at biodiversity heritage. It features authoritative and interesting articles on every aspect of specimen mineralogy, including indepth locality descriptions, new species, mineral market reports, micromineralogy, biographies. Mar 20, 2020 georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. They should worship god, work their best, live on site, elect a captain to be second in command, and try to own several mines. The delay is thought to be due to the books many woodcuts. That the appearance of this work was eagerly anticipated is evidenced by a letter from george fabricius to valentine hertel. This large, abundantly illustrated book shows techniques of shafting, pumping by treadmill, animal power, and waterpower, and of conveying the ore won from the mines in trucks, which anticipated the development of the railways. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola bauer and agricola being respectively the german and latin words.
Georgius agricola was a german scholar and scientist. Georgius agricola is often called the father of metallurgy. Georgius agricola was a german humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Bauer agricola had died the previous year, and had in fact completed writing the work several years before that. Good text, solid binding, presentation label inside cover. 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. Join us as we take a look through mits rare book collection, including. While he describes, for the first time, scores of methods and. This book is available with additional data at biodiversity heritage library. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. He is famous for developing and evolving techniques that dealt with processes of mining, smelting, refining, or any other process that has to do with metals.
Born in 1494, he received a classical education at the universities of germany and italy, graduating from leipzig in 1518. This, like his other books, was written in latin, many of the technical terms being invented by himself. This book on mining and metals has beautiful woodcut illustrations. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola bauer. Hoover, full text 650 pages and illustrations george agricola short article from the catholic encyclopedia, 1907 wilsdorf, helmut 1970. Georgius agricola march 24, 1494 november 21, 1555. Georgius agricola hand colored woodcuts to recto and verso of one leaf. If only one vein out of twelve were successful, the miner would still yield profits, and the more mines a man owns, the more likely it is that one is. Georgius agricola project gutenberg selfpublishing.
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