De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola
1566. The earliest technical account is that of Father Joseph De Acosta
(_Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias_, Seville, 1590, English trans.
Edward Grimston, London, 1604, re-published by the Hakluyt Society,
1880). Acosta was born in 1540, and spent the years 1570 to 1585 in
Peru, and 1586 in Mexico. It may be noted that Potosi was discovered in
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1912. It has been made available through the kind permission of Ch.2
- INTRODUCTION. Ch.3
- 1541. Henry was succeeded in 1541 by his Protestant son Maurice, who was Ch.4
- 1881. p. 20. Ch.5
- BOOK I. Ch.6
- 1. Fluids and gases. Ch.7
- 2. Mineral { Ch.8
- BOOK II. Ch.9
- BOOK III. Ch.10
- BOOK IV. Ch.11
- 29. For further notes see Appendix C. Ch.12
- BOOK V. Ch.13
- Book VI. Ch.14
- BOOK VI. Ch.15
- BOOK VII. Ch.16
- BOOK VIII. Ch.17
- 1566. The earliest technical account is that of Father Joseph De Acosta Ch.18
- 1545. He states that refining silver with mercury was introduced at Ch.19
- Book IX. The German term in the Glossary for _panes ex pyrite_ is Ch.20
- BOOK IX.[1] Ch.21
- 265. Theognis (6th century B.C.) and Hippocrates (5th century B.C.) are Ch.22
- introduction of copper could only result deleteriously, except that it Ch.23
- BOOK X. Ch.24
- Book VII. Ch.25
- Book VII, where (p. 220) a table is given showing the Latin and Old Ch.26
- Book IX, Agricola appears to use the term in this sense himself. After Ch.27
- BOOK XI. Ch.28
- BOOK XII. Ch.29
- Book I. is devoted to mineral characteristics--colour, brilliance, Ch.30
- Book II., "earths"--clay, Lemnian earth, chalk, ochre, etc.; Book III., Ch.31
- Book V., lodestone, bloodstone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, mica, calamine, Ch.32
- 1614. It is our belief that this refers to the 1612 Wittenberg edition Ch.33
- 1550. This was probably an error for either the 1546 or the 1558 Ch.34
- 1597. It includes on page 880 a fragment of a work entitled _Oratio de Ch.35
- part I, _Commentatorium de Mysnia_). _Newe Chronica und Beschreibung des Ch.36
- 1700. We have relied upon Booth's translation, but with some amendments Ch.37
- 1539. On comparing these various editions (to which may be added one Ch.38
- Introduction jigging sieve, 283 Ch.39
- Book I does not have footnote 24; Book VI does not have footnote 9; Book Ch.40