Author:Georgius Agricola

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Georgius Agricola
(1494–1555)

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German scholar and scientist, known as "the father of mineralogy"

Georgius Agricola, painting by Gustav Schubert (1927)

Works

Bermannus, sive de re metallica dialogus (1530)
De Mensuris et ponderibus (1533)
De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum (1544)
De Natura Fossilium, (1546) translated by Mark Chance Bandy
De Natura Eorum Quae Effluunt e Terra (1546)
De Animantibus Subterraneis (1548) (Commons file)
Dominatores Saxonici a prima origine ad hanc aetatem (1555)
De re metallica (1556, in Latin)
- De re metallica (1912 English translation) translated by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (transcription project)
- De re metallica (1950 reprint of 1912 translation) (transcription project)

Works about Agricola

"George Agricola," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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