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The german mineralogist and writer on mining georgius agricola 14941555 is a major figure in the history of technology. About georgius agricola national coal mining museum for england. It describes a physician, bermannus, traveling with two friends through the erzgebirge mining district, discussing matters of geology and mining that were representative of that very region. About georgius agricola national coal mining museum for.

Accessible book, early works to 1800, metal trade, metallurgy, mineral industries, paleontology, prelinnean works, zoology. Georgius agricola project gutenberg selfpublishing. Born in the small town of glauchau, in the electorate of saxony of the holy roman empire, he was broadly educated, but took a particular interest in the mining and refining of metals. Georgius agricola is often called the father of metallurgy. The author was georg bauer, whose pen name was the latinized georgius agricola. The work was highly praised by erasmus for the attempt to put the knowledge, won by practical inquiry into order and further investigate in reduced form. In this new edition, agricola makes many important changes and adds some new material, but later editions often reprint the text of the 1530 edition. One of the most important scientific classics of all time, this 1556. Georg bauer, better known as georgius agricola, was born in saxony, germany, attended the university of leipzig from 1514 to 1518, and then taught greek and latin, first at the municipal school in zwickau and then as a lecturer at leipzig. Georgius agricola, whose real name was georg bauer, was born at glachau in saxony on march 24, 1494. Interpretatio germanica vocum rei metallicae, addito indice foecundissimo. These years shaped the rest of his life and provided the subject matter for most of his books, beginning with bermannus.

Ex libris royal college of physicians of edinburgh. Agricolas bermannus 1530 and his minor works describe his career as an expert in mining knowledge. A description of the minerals in the leskean museum, vol 1. Agricola studied not only their ailments but also their life, labor, and equipment. Agricola and the birth of the mineralogical sciences in italy. In 1530 prince maurice of saxony appointed him historiographer with an annual allowance, and he migrated to chemnitz, the centre of the mining industry, in order to widen the range of his. This 12volume work is a comprehensive and systematic study, classification and methodical guide on all available. This book is available with additional data at biodiversity heritage library. Georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. His early training in grammar and classical literature. Prince maurice of saxony appointed agricola as historiographer in 1530 and he moved to chemnitz, where he carried on his observations of the mining industry. He is famous for developing and evolving techniques that dealt with processes of mining, smelting, refining, or any other process that has to do with metals.

This dialogue, which has been called the first attempt to reduce to scientific order the knowledge won by practical work, contained an approving letter from erasmus at the beginning of the book. Agricola and the birth of the mineralogical sciences in. It met well with his interest in natural, mineralbased remedies. There are indications that he owned a share in a silver mine.

Georgius agricola was a german humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Interpretatio germanica vocum rei metallicae, addito indice. The work gives an overview of everything that has to do with the mining industry. In it, among other things, agricola surveys historical and classical allusions to metals and assesses the content and distribution of metal mines in antiquity. Day and night he visited the mines and the smokey smelting houses, and soon he had an excellent knowledge of mining and metallurgy. The text of this work is in the form of a dialogue between bermannus, who is described as a miner, mineralogist, poet, and student of mathematics, and nicolaus ancon and johannes neavius, both scholars and physicians. In 1530 prince maurice of saxony appointed him historiographer with an annual allowance, and he migrated to chemnitz, the center of the mining industry, in order to widen the range of his. If we examine the period after publication of his collected works in 1546, bermannus and the other works provide additional keys for understanding the influence of agricola on development of the mineralogical and geological sciences in italy. Mar 20, 2020 georgius agricola, german scholar and scientist known as the father of mineralogy. Agricola now left his medical post in joachimsthal and toured german mines for three years. Pawn stars, rare books, sir isaac newton, history of science. Georgius agricola march 24, 1494 november 21, 1555. Agricola wrote his book in the scholarly language of that time, latin.