De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola
1. Fluids and gases.
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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