De Re Metallica organic and inorganic

organic and inorganic

costume history

including early-Christian ornaments of the Lombards

as well as a glossary and an index complete this important manual

Reprint of the Rhinehart and Company

De Re Metallica organic and inorganicOriginally published in 1556, Agricola's De ReM etallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation what today would be called the "scientific approach." 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 the mid sixteenth century. For almost 200