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Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). (The History of Mineral Collecting: 1530-1799)
; ...his publications he Latinized his name to Georgius Agricola ( bauer means farmer in German; agricola means farmer in Latin). In 1526 he returned...and remained there until his death in 1555. Agricola published a little book entitled Bermannus...
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National Mining Hall of Fame to honor five mining greats
; ...p.m. The five inductees are Georgius Agricola, David William Brunton, Herbert...Mitchell and Robert Peele. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) wrote De Re Metallica...e-mail director@amigo.net. Georgius Agricola (1494 - 1555) Georgius Agricola...
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Title Listings: De Re Metallica
; De Re Metallica By Georgius Agricola Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation. For almost 200 years, it remained the only authoritative work in this area...
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New Books from SME: De Re Metallica
; ...Re Metallica Published by Dover Publications, Inc. 1950 670 pages 4 lbs $30 Order No. 9039 By Georgius Agricola Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation...
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The 16th century. (The History of Mineral Collecting: 1530-1799)
; ...to modern collecting. That is, collectors such as Georgius Agricola, Johannes Mathesius, Johannes Kentmann and Bernard...Michele Mercati and Ulissi Aldrovandi). They, like Agricola, began studying minerals as materia medica but developed...
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Five Inducted into the Mining Hall of Fame
; ...7 p.m. The sk inductees are Georgius Agricola, David William Brunton, Herbert...Mitchell, and Robert Peele. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) wrote De Re Metallica...century. In De Re Metallica, Agricola reviews practical means of finding...
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(book reviews)
; ...metal was imported into Europe via India and China. Initially, however, zinc was not recognised as a unique element. Georgius Agricola (1495-1555), in De re metallica, refers to a substance called 'contrefey', or counterfeit, probably a reference...
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Mining ethical issues: The new prohibitionists
; ...perspective of history, there is nothing new about such complaints, as is evident to anyone who reads Book I of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica published in 1556. This 16th century inventory of objections to disturbing the earth makes it...
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Remediating historic mine sites in Colorado
; ...the water which has been used poisons the brooks and streams, and either destroys the fish or dri es them away. " Georgius Agricola, 1556, De Re Metallica, translated by Hoover, 1950. Technical problems associated with the cleanup of historic mines...
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A dirty business.(mining and technology)(Brief Article)
; ...imagery, and seldom on considered reflection. This misconception of mining as `brawn over brain' is nothing new. Georgius Agricola lamented the popular view of mining as sordid toil in his 16th century treatise on mining techniques, `De Re Metallica...
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