. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. xviii. INTRODUCTION. seen in the library of the town of Be jar. An interesting note appears in the glossary given by Sir John Pettus in his translation of Lazarus Erckern's work on assaying. He says^* " but I cannot enlarge my observations upon any more words, because the printer calls for what I did write of a metallick dictionary, after I first proposed the printing of Erckern, but intending within the compass of a year to pubhsh Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica (being fully translated) in English, and also to add a dictionary to it,
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. xviii. INTRODUCTION. seen in the library of the town of Be jar. An interesting note appears in the glossary given by Sir John Pettus in his translation of Lazarus Erckern's work on assaying. He says^* " but I cannot enlarge my observations upon any more words, because the printer calls for what I did write of a metallick dictionary, after I first proposed the printing of Erckern, but intending within the compass of a year to pubhsh Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica (being fully translated) in English, and also to add a dictionary to it, I shall reserve my remaining essays (if what I have done hitherto be approved) till then, and so I proceed in the ; The translation was never published and extensive inquiry in various libraries and among the family of Pettus has failed to yield any trace of the manuscript. 2^Sir John Pettus, Fhta Minor, The Laws of Art and Nature, &c., London, 1636, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. New York, Dover Publications
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