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Georgius Agricola was a leading scholar and scientist of the German
Renaissance. He is widely regarded as the father of mineralogy and is
known for his extensive studies and publications on mining, mineralogy,
and metallurgy.
Georgius Agricola is the latinized form of Georg Bauer. He was born in
the small town of Glauchau in Saxony, Germany. Little is known about his
early life, but he is believed to have received a solid education in
classical studies and the sciences. He later attended the Universities
of Leipzig and Bologna, where he studied medicine and the natural
sciences.
In 1524, Agricola returned to Saxony to become a physician in the mining
town of Joachimsthal. It was there that he developed an interest in
mining and metallurgy, and began to observe and study the industry’s
operations and processes.
Agricola’s most famous work is his landmark book, De Re Metallica,
published in 1556, a year after his death. The book was a comprehensive
survey of mining, metallurgy, and mineralogy and covered everything from
the discovery and mining of minerals to the smelting and refining of
metals. It was illustrated with detailed diagrams and drawings, making
it a valuable resource for miners and mining engineers in the 16th and
17th centuries.
Agricola’s was also a skilled linguist and translated a number of
ancient Greek and Roman texts into German.
Animantibus subterraneis liber. Wiitebergae, typis Meisnerianis, impensis Zachariae Schureri, 1614 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Bergwerck Buch. Franckfort am Mayn, 1580 ➤
Bergwerck Buch. Getruckt zu Basel, in verlegung Ludwig Königs, 1621 ➤
Bermannus, sive De re metallica. Basilae, in aedibus Frobenianis, 1530 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Bermannus, sive De re metallica. Parisiis, apud Hieronynium Gormontium, 1541 ➤
Bermannus, sive De re metallica. Lipsiae, in officina Valentini Papae, 1546 ➤
De animantibus subterraneis liber. Basel, Froben, 1549 ➤
De animantibus subterraneis liber. Basel, Froben, 1549 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
De re metallica libri XII. Baseleae, 1556 ➤ | ➤
De re metallica libri XII. Basilae, sumptibus & typis Emanuelis Köning, 1657 ➤
De ortu & causis subterraneorum … De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra … De natura fossilium … De veteribus & novis metallis … De re metallica ... Basel, Froben, 1546 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
De ortu & causis subterraneorum … De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra … De natura fossilium … De veteribus & novis metallis … De re metallica ... Basel, Froben, 1550 ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
De ortu & causis subterraneorum … De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra … De natura fossilium … De veteribus & novis metallis … De re metallica ... Basel, Froben, 1558 ➤
De ortu & causis subterraneorum … De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra … De natura fossilium … De veteribus & novis metallis … De re metallica ... Wittebergae, sumptibus Zachariae Rüdingeri, 1612 ➤ | ➤
De peste libri tres. Basel, Froben, 1554 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Epithalamium. Noribergiae, excudebat Ioannes Koler, 1573 ➤
Gesprach vom Bergwesen. Rotenburg, 1778 ➤
Libri quinque de mensuris & ponderibus. Parisiis, excudebat Christianus Wechelus, 1533 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Libri V. De Mensuris et ponderibus. Venetiis, per Ioan. Anto. de Nicolinis de Sabio for Melchior Sessa, 1535 ➤
Vom Bergwerck xij Bucher. Basel, Froben, 1557 ➤
De peste libri tres. Giessae, impensis Casparis Chemlini, 1611 ➤
