TY - BOOK AU - Agricola,Georg AU - Hoover,Herbert AU - Hoover,Lou Henry TI - De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 AV - TN PY - 2011/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Zoology -- Pre-Linnaean works KW - Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800 KW - Mineral industries -- Early works to 1800 KW - Paleontology -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_re_metallica; Release date is 2011-11-14; Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola" is a technical treatise published posthumously in 1556. This comprehensive work catalogues Renaissance-era mining, refining, and smelting methods, remaining the authoritative mining text for 180 years. Featuring 292 detailed woodcut illustrations, it documented German mining technology—the most advanced of its time—making specialized knowledge accessible across Europe through Latin publication and practical diagrams that allowed readers to replicate cutting-edge techniques. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38015 ER -