The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy

Vannoccio Biringuccio

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UPC:
9780486261348
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2013-04-17
Release Date:
2013-03-20
Author:
Vannoccio Biringuccio
Language:
english
Edition:
Revised

Product Overview

First 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.

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