[TheForge] Fwd: [blacksmiths] Early metal history

[Saint Phlip]

De Re Metallica is worth every penny you spend on it, if you're
interested in historical metalwork. It's available at very nice prices
used through Amazon. com. That's where I got my copy- it was a
University copy only taken out 2 or 3 times. Excellent condition. Or,
you can get it new:

http://www.amazon.com/Re-Metallica-Georgius-Agricola/dp/0486600068/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Another one worth every penny you pay is:

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

http://www.amazon.com/Pirotechnia-Vannoccio-Biringuccio-Sixteenth-Century-Metallurgy/dp/0486261344

You also might want to look at:

On Divers Arts by Theophilus

http://www.amazon.com/Divers-Arts-Theophilus/

If you have more questions, I'll be happy to give you some answers ;-)

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Dave Mudge <dave at magichammer.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Ferguson
> To: blacksmiths at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 1:20 AM
> Subject: [blacksmiths] Early metal history
>
>
> I have been reading a little bit on the history of metals, so I have a
> few questions.
>
> Several sources indicated that the early iron was from meteors,
> identifiable due to the nickel content. I am having a little trouble
> imagining finding enough meteors to make things. Is this correct? What
> have they found from meteors? Where?
>
> de re metalica was originally published in the 1556 in latin, and
> translated by Herbert Hoover (yes, the president) and his wife into
> English. Has anybody ever seen a copy of this book? Is it worth
> owning? Apparently it has many woodcut drawings of metalworking.
>
> Any metal history books that would be worth getting? Miller publishes
> a booklet on metal history, a reprint of several articles from the
> 1960s, but it is not very detailed, and tilted towards the history of
> the Miller company.
>
> Richard
>
> Sculptures in copper and other metals
> www.fergusonsculpture.com
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Iron Spirits <iron_spirits at bresnan.net>
> Date: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [blacksmiths] Early metal history
> To: blacksmiths at yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>
> The book with Herbert Hoover as the translator is:
> Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica (ISBN: 1162581743 / 1-162-58174-3)
> Hoover, Herbert Clark; Hoover, Lou Henry
>
> and is available from abebooks.com and amazon.com at a cost of $30-50.
>
> You can read the book online with http://books.google.com/books and do
> a search for "De re metallica hoover".  Original in Latin is available
> for free in PDF format.
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/deremetallica50agri is a link for a
> free copy of Hoover's translation in PDF, Kindle, Online and other
> formats.  I downloaded in PDF format and the PDF book looked like it
> was a exact copy, with all woodcut drawings.
>
> Let it shine, Tom
>
>
> “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement,
> achievement, and success have no meaning.”
>
> Benjamin Franklin
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.photoworks.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>



-- 
Saint Phlip

So, you think your data is safe?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html?hpt=T2

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

.I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary
notices I have read with pleasure. -Clarence Darrow