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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486261344

ISBN-139780486261348

eBay Product ID (ePID)191415

Product Key Features

Number of Pages512 Pages

Publication NamePirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectEarth Sciences / General, Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire, Ethnic

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic, Science

AuthorVannoccio Biringuccio

SeriesDover Earth Science Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight26.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN89-029572

IllustratedYes

SynopsisFirst clear work on metallurgy, published in 1540, describing in detail the equipment and processes of 16th-century mining, smelting and metalworking. This is the definitive English translation, with a historical introduction to the author a Siennese metallurgist and armament maker. Illustrated with reproductions of 94 original woodcuts., Vannoccio Biringuccio was the Siennese metallurgist and armament maker who wrote history's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy. First published in 1540, shortly after Biringuccio's death, The Pirotechnia is a lavishly illustrated volume that describes in detail the equipment and processes of 1sixteenth-century mining, smelting, and metalworking.For centuries, this famous work has been a standard reference in the field of metals and metallurgy. It is especially valuable today as a vital source of information on the state of technology in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.The book first addresses the principal ores - gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, and iron - and the making of steel and brass. It then introduces semiminerals, from quicksilver and sulphur to manganese and rock crystal, and describes the assaying and preparing of ores for smelting. Other topics include the making of alloys, the art of casting, methods of melting metals, and the making of fireworks.This edition of The Pirotechnia has been reprinted from the authoritative translation published by The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and is complete with an historical introduction to Biringuccio and his work. It also contains reproductions of the 94 woodcuts from the original 1540 edition, which depict centuries-old technologies ranging from the recovery of mercury with a distilling bell to a machine for boring guns., Vannoccio Biringuccio was the Siennese metallurgist and armament maker who wrote history's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy. First published in 1540, shortly after Biringuccio's death, The Pirotechnia is a lavishly illustrated volume that describes in detail the equipment and processes of 1sixteenth-century mining, smelting, and metalworking. For centuries, this famous work has been a standard reference in the field of metals and metallurgy. It is especially valuable today as a vital source of information on the state of technology in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book first addresses the principal ores -- gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, and iron -- and the making of steel and brass. It then introduces semiminerals, from quicksilver and sulphur to manganese and rock crystal, and describes the assaying and preparing of ores for smelting. Other topics include the making of alloys, the art of casting, methods of melting metals, and the making of fireworks. This edition of The Pirotechnia has been reprinted from the authoritative translation published by The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and is complete with an historical introduction to Biringuccio and his work. It also contains reproductions of the 94 woodcuts from the original 1540 edition, which depict centuries-old technologies ranging from the recovery of mercury with a distilling bell to a machine for boring guns., History's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy, published in 1540, describing in detail the equipment and processes of 16th-century mining, smelting and metalworking. 94 original woodcuts. Introduction.

LC Classification NumberTN664.B5713 1990