Woodcut from Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica. Ground level and subterranean views of three mine shafts and a tunnel; variations on open and enclosed pulley systems at entrance to the shafts,and cut-away views showing men working within the shafts and tunnel. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) was a German scholar and scientist. Known as 'the father of mineralogy'. He is best known for his book De Re Metallica,published in 1556,a treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy,illustrated with woodcuts illustrating processes to extract ores from the ground and metal from the ore,and the man uses of water mills in mining | |
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