It is the time to improve and also freshen your skill, knowledge and encounter consisted of some enjoyment for you after long period of time with. Herbert clark hoover lou henry hoover release date. 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. Agricola, georg, 14941555 hoover, herbert, 18741964 type. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556 work on mining was the first based on field research and observation and the methods of modern science. In fact, he and his wife, lou henry hoover, both majored in geology at stanford university. Edgar rickard, author and publisher, respec tively, of the original volume. Because of its strength, beauty, and prestige, metal figured prominently in many medieval contexts, from the military and utilitarian to the architectural and liturgical. This originally appeared in 1912, published by the mining magazine. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. O livro continuou sendo o texto autoridade sobre a.
It opens with a dedication to his patrons, the dukes maurice and august of saxony, and with a fourpage eulogy in latin verse by his lifelong friend georg fabricius 15161571 who kept agricolas. The museum library has a copy of this, and of the 1950 edition. About the book national coal mining museum for england. Since this is the only english translation, it is likely to be the lens through which most modern readers will view agricolas work and so merits some further discussion. Craddock this year has been designated agricola year, to celebrate in various ways the 500th anniversary of the birth of georginus agricola. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. We specialize in applying the latest advancements of geochemistry research to mineral exploration. This book on mining and metals has beautiful woodcut illustrations. You may copy it, give it away or re use it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Ithasbeen made available through the kind permission of honorable herbert c. First there is philosophy, that he may discern the origin, cause, and nature of subterranean things. A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by.
Illustrated with 289 finely crafted woodcut illustrations, it was one of the most beautifully illustrated books produced in the first century of printing, and immediately became one of the landmarks of early scientific and. Before entering public service, herbert hoover was a successful and wealthy mining engineer. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola bauer and agricola being respectively the german and latin words. About the book the book, written more than 450 years ago, describes working methods and processes in metal mining and was the first one to use a scientific approach to mining.