Georgii Agricolae de re metallica libri XII
Agricola de re metallica
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Small JPG1200 x 1691px — 355 KBLarge JPG2880 x 4057px — 1.9 MBFull-sized JPG5611 x 7905px — 6.2 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 5611 x 7905px — 127 MBDe re metallica, or On the Nature of Metals [Minerals], published in 1556, documents leading knowledge and practices of its time in mining, refining, and smelting metals and includes 273 woodcut illustrations. At the time, knowledge of mining and metallurgy was passed down primarily through oral tradition, and few publications on the subject existed. Following its publication, De re metallica became the authoritative text on mining for more than 150 years.
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Agricola, Georg. Georgii Agricolae De Re Metallica Libri XII. Nicolaus Episcopius, 1556. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/z4o90mf.
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