The Pirotechnia

by Biringuccio, Vannoccio

• ISBN13: 9780486261348
• ISBN10: 0486261344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-17
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

History's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy, first 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 authora Siennese metallurgist and armament makerand his work. Illustrated with reproductions of the 94 woodcuts that graced the original.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the First Issue	p. v
Foreword to the Reissue	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xxvi
Every Kind of Mineral, In General	p. 13
The Semiminerals	p. 77
Assaying	p. 135
The Separation of Gold from Silver	p. 181
The Alloys That Are Formed between Metals	p. 207
The Art of Casting in General and Particular	p. 212
Methods of Melting Metals	p. 279
The Small Art of Casting	p. 323
The Procedure of Various Works of Fire	p. 335
On Certain Artificial Combustible Materials, and the Procedures Followed in Making Fireworks to be Used in Warfare and for Festivals	p. 403
Figures from other sources	p. 447
Weights and measures	p. 457
List of editions of the Pirotechnia	p. 458
Bibliography	p. 462
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