De Re Metallica
Douban
ISBN: 9780486600062
author:
Georgius Agricola
translator:
L.H. Hoover
publishing house:
Dover Publications Inc.
publication date: 1998
-3
price: GBP 27.99
number of pages: 672
Georgius Agricola L.H. Hoover
overview
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. 289 authentic Renaissance woodcuts. Translated by Herbert Hoover. Reprint of English (1912) edition.