_Zwitter_, 110
INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.
NOTE.--The numbers in heavy type refer to the Text; those in plain type
to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc.
Acosta, Joseph De, 298
Aeschylus.
Amber, 35
Aesculapius.
Love of gold, =9=
Africanus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Agatharchides.
Cupellation, 465
Egyptian gold mining, 279; 391; 399
Fire-setting, 118
Agathocles.
Money, =21=
Agathodaemon (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Agricola, Daniel, 606
Agricola, Georg (a preacher at Freiberg), 606
Agricola, Georgius.
Assaying, 220
Biography, V-XVI
Founder of Science, XIV
Geologist, XII; 46; 53
Interest in _Gottsgaab_ mine, VII; 74
Mineralogist, XII; 108; 594
Paracelsus compared with, XIV
Real name, V
Works, Appendix A
See also:
_Bermannus._
_De Animantibus._
_De Natura eorum_, etc.
_De Natura Fossilium._
_De Ortu et Causis._
_De Peste._
_De Precio Metallorum._
_De Re Metallica._
_De Veteribus Metallis._
Etc.
Agricola, Rudolph, 606
Albert the Brave, Duke of Meissen, VIII
Albertus Magnus (Albert von Bollstadt), XXX; 609
Alluvial gold, =76=
Cementation, 460
Metallic arsenic, 111
Metals, 44
Saltpetre, 562
Zinc, 409
Albinus, Petrus, V; 599
Cuntz von Glueck, 24
Alpinus, Prosper, 559
Alyattes, King of Lydia.
Mines owned by, =26=; 27
American Institute of Mining Engineers, 38; 53
Anacharsis.
Invention of bellows, 362
Anacreon of Teos.
Money despised by, =9=; =15=
Anaxagoras.
Money despised by, =15=
Anna, Daughter of Agricola, VII
Anna, Wife of Agricola, VII
Antiphanes.
On wealth, =19=
Apollodorus, 26
Apulejus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXIX
Archimedes.
King Hiero's crown, =247=
Machines, 149
Ardaillon, Edouard.
Mt. Laurion, 28; 281; 391
Aristippus.
Gold, =9=; =14=
Aristodemus.
Money, =8=
Aristotle, XII; 607
Amber, 35
Athenian mines, 27; 83
Burning springs, 583
Coal, 34
Cupellation, 465
Distillation, 441
Lodestone, 115
Nitrum, 558
Ores of brass, 410
Quicksilver, 432
Silver from forest fires, 36
Theory of ore deposits, 44
Wealth of, =15=
Arnold de Villa Nova. (_see_ Villa Nova, Arnold de).
Athenaeus.
Silver from forest fires, 36
Augurellus, Johannes Aurelius (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXX
Augustinus Pantheus (alchemist), =XXVII=
Augustus, Elector of Saxony, =IX=
Dedication of _De Re Metallica_, =XXV=
Letter to Agricola, =XV=
Avicenna, XXX; 608
Bacon, Roger, XXX; 609
Saltpetre, 460; 562
Badoarius, Franciscus, =XXVII=
Balboa, V. N. de, V
Ballon, Peter, 559
Barba, Alonso, 300; 1
Barbarus, Hermolaus, =XXVII=
Barrett, W. F., 38
Becher, J. J., 53
Bechius, Philip, XV
Beckmann, Johann.
_Alumen_, 565
Amalgamation, 297
_Nitrum_, 559
Parting with nitric acid, 461
Stamp-mills, 281
_Stannum_, 473
Tin, 412
_Bergbuechlein_ (_see_ _Nuetzlich Bergbuechlin_).
_Bergwerks lexicon_, 37; 80; 81
Berman, Lorenz, VI; 597
_Bermannus_, 596; 599; VI
Arsenical minerals, 111
Bismuth, 3; 433
_Cadmia_, 113
Cobalt, 112
Fluorspar, 381
_Molybdaena_, 477
Schist, 234
Shafts, 102
Zinc, 409
Berthelot, M. P. E., 429; 609
Berthier, 492
Bias of Priene.
Wealth, =8=; =14=
Biringuccio, Vannuccio, 614
Agricola indebted to, =XXVII=
Amalgamation of silver ores, 297
Assaying, 220
Assay ton, 242
Brass making, 410
Clarifying nitric acid, 443
Copper refining, 536
Copper smelting, 405
Cupellation, 466
Liquation, 494
Manganese, 586
Parting precious metals, 451; 461; 462
Roasting, 267
Steel making, 420
_Zaffre_, 112
Boeckh, August, 28
Boerhaave, Hermann, XXIX
Borlase, W. C.
Bronze celts, 411
Borlase, William.
Cornish miners in Germany, 283
Born, Ignaz Edler von, 300
Boussingault, J. B., 454
Boyle, Robert.
Divining rod, 38
Brough, Bennett, 129
Bruce, J. C., 392
Brunswick, Duke Henry of (_see_ Henry, Duke of Brunswick).
Budaeus, William (Guillaume Bude), 461; 606
Cadmus, 27
Calbus (_see also_ _Nuetzlich Bergbuechlin_), 610; =XXVI=; XXVII
Alluvial gold, =75=
Caligula.
Gold from _auripigmentum_, 111
Callides (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Callimachus.
On wealth, =19=
Camerarius, =VIII=
Canides (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Carew, Richard.
Cornish mining law, 85
Cornish ore-dressing, 282
Carlyle, W. A.
Ancient Rio Tinto smelting, 405
Carne, Joseph.
Cornish cardinal points, 57
Casibrotius, Leonardus, VI
_Castigationes in Hippocratem et Galenum_, 605
Castro, John de, 570
Chabas, F. J., 129
Chaloner, Thomas, 570
Chanes (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Charles V. of Spain, =IX=
Agricola sent on mission to, =X=
Chevreul, M. E., 38
_Chronik der Stadt Freiberg_, 606
Cicero.
Divining rod, 38
Wealth of, =15=
Cincinnatus L. Quintius, =23=
Circe.
Magic rod, =40=
Cleopatra.
As an alchemist, =XXVII=; XXIX
Collins, A. L. 119
Columbus, Christopher, V
Columella, Moderatus, =XXV=; =XXVI=
Comerius, =XXVII=; XXIX
_Commentariorum ... Libri VI._, 604
Conrad (Graf Cuntz von Glueck), =23=; 24
Corduba, Don Juan De, 300
Cortes, Hernando, =V=
Cramer, John, 236
Crassus, Marcus.
Love of gold, =9=
Crates, the Theban.
Money despised by, =15=
Croesus, King of Lydia.
Mines owned by, =26=; 27
Ctesias.
Divining rod, 38
Ctesibius.
Machines, 149
Curio, Claudius.
Love of gold, =9=
Curius, Marcus.
Gold of Samnites, =9=; =15=
Dana, J. D., 108
Alum, 566
Copiapite, 574
Emery, 115
Lemnian earth, 31
Minerals of Agricola, 594
Zinc vitriol, 572
Danae.
Jove and, =10=
D'Arcet, J.
Parting with sulphuric acid, 462
Day, St. John V.
Ancient steel making, 423
_De Animantibus Subterraneis_, 597; =VII=
Editions, 600
Gnomes, =217=; 217
_De Bello adversus Turcam_, 605
_De Inventione Dialectica_, 606
_De Jure et Legibus Metallicis_, =100=; 604
_De Medicatis Fontibus_, 605
_De Mensuris et Ponderibus_, 597
Editions, 599
Weights and measures, =263=; 78
_De Metallis et Machinis_, 604
Democritus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Demosthenes.
Mt. Laurion mines, 27; 83
_De Natura eorum quae Effluunt ex Terra_, 598; =32=
Dedication, VII
Editions, 600
_De Natura Fossilium_, 594; 600; III; XII
Alum, 565
Amber, 35
Antimony, 429
Argol, 234
Arsenical minerals, 111
Asbestos, 440
Bismuth, 110
Bitumen, 581
Borax, 560
Brass making, 410
_Cadmia_, 113
_Caldarium_ copper, 511
Camphor, 238
_Chrysocolla_, 584
Coal, 35
Cobalt, 112
Copper flowers, 539; 233
Copper scales, 233
Crinoid stems, 115
Emery, 115
Fluorspar, 380
Goslar ores, 273
Goslar smelting, 408
Iron ores, 111
Iron smelting, 420
Jet, 34
_Lapis judaicus_, 115
Lead minerals, 110
Mannsfeld ores, 273
_Melanteria_, 573
Mineral Kingdom, 1
_Misy_, 573
_Molybdaena_, 476
Native metals, 108
Petroleum, 581
_Pompholyx_, 114; 278
Pyrites, 112
Quicksilver, 110
_Rudis_ minerals, 108
Sal-ammoniac, 560
Silver glance, 109
_Sory_, 573
_Spodos_, 114
_Stannum_, 473
Stones which easily melt, 380
Sulphur, 578
_Tophus_, 233
Touchstone, 253
White schist, 234
Zinc, 409
_De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum_, 594; 600; III; VII; XII; XIII
Earths, 48
Gangue minerals, 48
Gold in alluvial, =76=
Ground waters, 48
Juices, 52
Metals, 51
Solidified juices, 49
Stones, 49
Touchstone, 253
Veins, 47
_De Ortu Metallorum Defensio ad J. Scheckium_, 604
_De Peste_, 605; VIII
_De Precio Metallorum et Monetis_, 597; 600
Mention by Agricola, =252=; =263=
_De Putredine solidas partes_, etc., 605
_De Re Metallica_, I; XIII; XIV-XVI
Editions, 600; XIV
Title page, =XIX=
De Soto, Fernandes, V
_De Terrae Motu_, 604
_De Varia temperie sive Constitutione Aeris_, 604
_De Veteribus et Novis Metallis_, 597; 600; VII; =XXVI=; 5
Agricola's training, VI
Conrad, 24
Discovery of mines, =36=; 5; 37
_Gottsgaab_ mine, 74
Devoz (de Voz), Cornelius, 570; 283
Diodorus Siculus, 607
Alum, 566
Bitumen, 582
Cupellation, 465
Drainage of Spanish mines, 149
Egyptian gold mining, 279
Fire-setting, 118
Lead, 391
Silver from forest fires, =36=
Tin, 412
Diogenes Laertius, 7; 9; 10
Dioscorides, 607; 608
Alum, 566
Antimony, 428
Argol, 234
Arsenic minerals, 111
Asbestos, 440
Bitumen, 584
Brass making, 410
Burned lead, 237
_Cadmia_, 112
_Chalcitis_, 573
Copper flowers, 233; 538
Copper smelting, 403
Cupellation, 465
Distillation apparatus, 355
Dust-chambers, 355; 394
Emery, 115
Lead, 392
Lead minerals, 477
Lemnian earth, 31
Litharge, 465
Lodestone, 115
_Melanteria_, 573
_Misy_, 573
Naphtha, 584
_Pompholyx_, 394; 410
Quicksilver, 297; 432
Red-lead, 232
Sal-ammoniac, 560
_Sory_, 573
_Spodos_, 394
Verdigris, 440
Vitriol, 572
White-lead, 440
Diphilos, 27; 83
Diphilus (poet).
Gold, =10=
_Dominatores Saxonici_, 606
Draud, G., 599
Dudae.
Alum trade, 569
Elizabeth, Queen of England.
Charters to alum makers, 283; 570
Dedication of Italian _De Re Metallica_ to, XV
Importation of German miners, 283; 570
Eloy, N. F. J., 599
Entzelt (Enzelius, Encelio), 615
Erasmus, VI; VIII; XIV
Ercker, Lazarus.
Amalgamation, 300
Liquation, 491; 505
Nitric acid preparation, 443
Parting gold and silver, 444; 451
Eriphyle.
Love of gold, =9=
Ernest, Elector of Saxony, VIII
Euripides.
Amber mentioned by, 35
Plutus, =8=; =7=
Ezekiel, Prophet.
Antimony, 428
Cupellation, 465
Tin, 412
Fabricius, George.
Agricola's death, X
Friendship with Agricola, VIII
Laudatory poem on Agricola, =XXI=
Letters, IX; X; XIV; XV
Posthumous editor of Agricola, 603; 606
Fairclough, H. R., III
Farinator, Mathias, XXVI
Ferdinand, King of Austria.
Agricola sent on mission to, X
Badoarius sent on mission to, =XXVII=
Ferguson, John.
Editions of _De Re Metallica_, XVI; 599
Feyrabendt, Sigmundi, XV
Figuier, L., 38
Flach, Jacques.
Aljustrel tablet, 83
Florio, Michelangelo, XV
Foerster, Johannes, VI
Francis, Col. Grant, 267; 283
Francis I., King of France, IX
Frederick, Elector of Saxony, VIII; IX
Froben, Publisher of _De Re Metallica_, XIV; XV
Frontinus, Sextus Julius, 87
Galen.
Agricola's revision of, 605; VI
Lemnian earth, 31
Mention by Agricola, 2
_Galerazeya sive Revelator Secretorum_, etc., 606
Gama, Vasco da, V
Ganse (Gaunse), Joachim, 267; 283
Gatterer, C. W., 599
Geber, =XXVII=; XXX; 609
Alum, =569=
Assaying, 219
Cementation, 459
Cupels, 466
Nitric acid, 460
Origin of metals, 44
Precipitation of silver nitrate, 443
_Genesis, Book of_, XII; 43
George, Duke of Saxony, IX; =310=; 310
Gesner, Conrad, 52
Gibbon, Edward, 119
Glauber, J. R., 410
Glueck, Cuntz von (_see_ Conrad).
Gmelin, J. F., 84
Goecher, C. G., 599
Godolphin, Sir Francis, 282
Gowland, William.
Ancient bronze, 410; 411; 421
Early smelting, 402
Graecus, Marcus.
Saltpetre, 562
Grommestetter, Paul, 281
Grymaldo, Leodigaris, XVI
Gyges, King of Lydia.
Mines owned by, =26=; 27
Hannibal.
Alps broken by vinegar, 119
Spanish mines, =42=; 42
Hardy, William, 85
Heath, Thomas.
On Hero, 129
Heliodorus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXIX
Henckel, J. F., 53; 112; 410
Hendrie, R., 609
Hennebert, E., 119
Henry, Duke of Brunswick, VII
Henry, Duke of Meissen, IX
Hermes (alchemist), =XXVI=; XXVIII
Hermes (Mercury).
Magic rod, 40
Hero.
Underground surveying, 129
Herodotus.
Alum, 566
Bitumen, 582
Lead, 391
Mines of Thrace, 23
_Nitrum_, 558
Hertel, Valentine, XIV
Hiero, King of Syracuse.
Crown, 247
Hill, John, 607
_Auripigmentum_, 111
Himilce, wife of Hannibal, 42
Hippocrates.
Cupellation, 391; 465
Lodestone, 115
Hiram, King of Tyre.
Mines, 214
Hofmann, Dr. R.
Biography of Agricola, V; XI; 599; 603
Homer.
Amber, 35
Divining rod, =40=; 40
Lead, 391
Smelting, 402
Steel, 421
Sulphur, 579
Tin, 412
Hommel, W.
Early zinc smelting, 409
Horace.
Metals, =11=
Wealth, =15=; =17=
Hordeborch, Johannes, VII
Houghstetter, Daniel, 283
Houghton, Thomas, 85
Humphrey, William.
Jigging sieve, 283
Hunt, Robert.
Roman lead smelting, 392
Inama-Sternegg, K. T. von, 84
_Interpretatio Rerum Metallicarum_ (_see_ _Rerum Metall. Interpretatio_).
Irene, Daughter of Agricola, VII
Jacobi, G. H.
Biography of Agricola, V; 599
Calbus, XXVII; 610
Jagnaux, Raoul.
Ancient zinc, 409
Jason.
Golden fleece, 330
Jeremiah.
Bellows, 362
Cupellation, 465
Lead smelting, 391
_Nitrum_, 558
Jezebel.
Use of antimony, 428
Job.
Refining silver, 465
Johannes (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
John, Elector of Saxony, IX
John, King of England.
Mining claims, 85
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, IX
Josephus.
Dead Sea bitumen, 33
Jove.
Danae legend, =10=
Justin, =36=
Juvenal.
Money, =10=
Karsten, K. J. B.
Liquation, 491; 492; 505; 509; 523; 535
Kerl, Bruno.
Liquation, 505
Koenig, Emanuel, XV
Koenig, Ludwig, XV
Kopp, Dr. Hermann, 609; 441
Lampadius, G. A., 462
Lasthenes.
Love of gold, =9=
_Latin Grammar_ (Agricola), 605
Leonardi, Camilli, 615
Leupold, Jacob, XV; 599
_Leviticus_.
Leprosy of walls, 562
Lewis, G. R, 84
Lewis, 454
Libavis, Andrew, 410
Lieblein, J. D. C., 129
Linnaeus, Charles, 559
Livy.
Hannibal's march over the Alps, 119
Lohneys, G. E.
Liquation, 491; 505
Parting with antimony, 451
Zinc, 409; 410
Lucretia, daughter of Agricola, VII
Lucretius.
Forest fires melting veins, =36=
Lully, Raymond, =XXVII=; XXX
Luscinus, Fabricius.
Gold, =9=; =15=
Luther, Martin, V; VI; VIII; IX
Lycurgus (Athenian orator).
Prosecution of Diphilos, 27; 83
Lycurgus (Spartan legislator).
Wealth prohibited by, =9=; =15=
Magellan, F. de, V
Maltitz, Sigismund, 312
Manlove, Edward, 70; 85
Marbodaeus, 615
Marcellinus, Ammianus.
On Thucydides, 23
Marcellus, Nonius, XXXI
Maria the Jewess, =XXVII=; XXVIII
Mathesius, Johann.
Cobalt, 214
Conrad mentioned by, 24
_De Re Metallica_, XIV
King Hiram's mines, 214
Matthew Paris.
Cornish miners in Germany, 283
Maurice, Elector of Saxony, =XXV=; VIII; IX; X
Mawe, J., 70
Maximilian, Emperor, =23=; 24
Meissen, Dukes of (_see under personal names_: Albert, Henry, _etc._).
Melanchthon.
Relations with Agricola, VIII; X
Menander.
Riches, =8=
Mercklinus, G. A., 599
Mercury (_see_ Hermes).
Merlin (magician), =XXVII=; XXX
Meurer, Wolfgang.
Letters, IX; X
Meyer, Ernst von, 248; 569
Meyner, Matthias, VII
Midas, King of Lydia.
Mines owned by, =26=; 27
Miller, F. B., 462
Minerva.
Magic rod, =40=
Morris, W. O'C., 119
Mosellanus, Petrus, VI
Moses.
Bitumen, 582
Lead, 391
Refining gold, 399
Rod of Horeb, 38; =40=
Mueller, Max.
Ancient iron, 421
Naevius.
Money, =20=
Nash, W. G.
Rio Tinto mine, 149
Naumachius.
Gold and silver, =8=
Neckam, Alexander.
Compass, 57
Newcomen, Thomas, 149
Nicander.
On coal, 34
Nicias.
Sosias and slaves of, =25=; 25
_Nuetzlich Bergbuechlin_, 610; =XXVI=; XXVII
Alluvial gold, 75
Bismuth, 110; 433
Compass, 57; 129
Ore-deposits, 44
Ore-shoots, 43
Veins, 43; 46; 73
Olympiodorus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXX
Oppel, van (_see_ Van Oppel).
Orus Chrysorichites (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Osthanes (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXIX
Otho the Great, 6
Otho, Prince, 6
Ovid.
Mining censured by, =7=
Pandulfus Anglus, =XXVI=
Pantaenetus.
Demosthenes' oration against, 27; 83
Pantheus, Augustinus (alchemist), =XXVII=
Paracelsus, XIV; XXX
Divining rod, 38
Zinc, 112; 409
Paris, Matthew (_see_ Matthew Paris).
Pebichius (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Pelagius (alchemist), =XXVII=
Pennent, Thomas, 570
Percy, John.
Cementation, 454; 459
Cupellation, 465
Liquation, 491
Parting with antimony, 451; 452
Peregrinus, Petrus.
Compass, 57
Petasius (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Petrie, W. M. F.
Egyptian iron, 421
Mt. Sinai copper, 402
Pettus, Sir John, XVI; 283
Phaenippus.
Demosthenes' oration against, 27; 83
Phaeton's sisters, 35
Pherecrates, =XXVI=
Philemon.
Riches, 7
Philip of Macedonia, 27
Philip, Peter, 282
Phillips, J. A., 410
Philo.
Lost work on mining, =XXVI=
Phocion.
Bribe of Alexander, =9=; =15=
Phocylides.
Gold, =7=
Photius, 279
Fire-setting, 118
Pindar.
Wealth, =19=; 252
Pius II, Pope.
Alum maker, 570
Pizarro, F., =V=
Plateanus, Petrus, XIV
Plautus.
Gold, =10=
Pliny (Caius Plinius Secundus), =XXVI=; 608
Alluvial mining, 331; 333
Alum, 566
Amalgamation, 297
Amber, 35
Antimony, 428
Argol, 234
_Arrhenicum_, 111
Asbestos, 440
Bitumen, =33=; 583
Brass, 410
British miners, 83
Cadmia, 112
Cementation, 459
Chrysocolla, 560
Copper flowers and scales, 233; 538
Copper smelting, 404
Cupellation, 466
Drainage of Spanish mines, 149
_Electrum_, 458
Fire-setting, 118
Galena, 476
Glass, 585; 586
Hannibal's silver mine, =42=; 42
Hoisting ore, =157=; 157
Iron, 11
Jew-stone, 115
Lead, 392
Lemnian earth, 31
Litharge, =475=; 466; 501
Lodestone, 115
Manganese (?), 586
Metallurgical appliances, 355
_Misy_, 573
_Molybdaena_, 466; 476
Naphtha, 583
_Nitrum_, 560
Ore-dressing, 281
Outcrops, 65
_Pompholyx_, 396
Protection from poison, 215
Quicksilver, 433
Red-lead, 232
Roasting, 267
Sal-ammoniac, 560
Salt from wood, 558
Silver-lead smelting, 392
_Sory_, 573
_Spodos_, 396
_Stannum_, 473
Tin, Spanish, 412
_Tophus_, 233
Touchstone, =256=; 253
Turfs in sluices, =331=; 332
_Vena_, 43
Ventilation with wet cloths, =210=; 210
Verdigris, 440
Vitriol, 572
White-lead, 440
Plutarch, 25
Pluto, =216=
Polybius.
Ore washing, 281
Silver-lead smelting, 392; 465
Polymnestor, King of Thrace.
Love of gold, =9=; =16=
Poertner, Hans, 281
Posepny, Franz, 53
Posidonius.
Asphalt and naphtha, 584
Drainage of Spanish mines, 149
Silver from forest fires, 36
Priam, King of Troy.
Gold mines of, =26=; 27
_Probierbuechlein_, 612; =XXVI=
Amalgamation, 297
Antimony, 420
Assaying, 220
Assay ton, 242
Bismuth, 433
Cementation, 454
Nitric acid, 439
Parting, 461; 462; 463
Precipitation of silver nitrate, 443
Residues from distillation of nitric acid, 235; 443
Roasting, 267
Stock fluxes, 235; 236
Touchstone, 253
Propertius.
Gold, =10=
Pryce, William.
Adam's fall, 353
Divining rod, 38
Juices, 1
Ore-deposits, 53
Stamp-mill, 282
Stringers, 70
Psalms.
Silver refining, 465
Pulsifer, Wm. H., 391
Pygmalion.
Love of gold, =9=; =16=
Rachaidibus (alchemist), =XXVII=
Rameses I.
Map of mines, 129
Rameses III.
Leaden objects dating from, 391
Raspe, R. E., 300
Rawlinson, George, 583
Ray, P. Chandra.
Indian zinc, 409
Raymond, Rossiter W., 38
_Rechter Gebrauch der Alchimey_, 606
_Rerum Metallicarum Interpretatio_, 597; VII; 600
Reuss, F. A., 599
Richter, A. D., V; 599
Rodianus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Roessler, B., 53
Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 84
Ruehlein von Kalbe (_see_ Calbus).
Salmoneus.
Lightning, =11=
Sandwich, Earl of, trans. Barba's book, 300
Sappho.
Wealth, =19=
Savery, Thomas, 149
Saxony, Dukes and Electors of.
(_See under personal names_: Albert, Ernest, _etc._).
Schliemann, H., 391
Schlueter, C. A.
Artificial zinc vitriol, 572
Copper refining, 535
Cupellation, 464
Liquation, 491; 505
Parting with sulphur, 462
Schmid, F. A., V; XV; 599
Schnabel and Lewis, 465
Scott, Sir Walter.
"Antiquary," 300
Seneca.
Wealth of, =15=
Seneferu.
Copper mines, 402
Seti I.
Map of mine, 129
Shaw, Peter, XXVIII
Shoo King.
Copper and lead, 391; 402
Iron, 421
Shutz, Christopher, 283
Sigfrido, Joanne.
Ed. Agricola's works, XV
Socrates.
Riches, =7=; =9=; =14=; =18=
Solinus, C. Julius.
_Solifuga_, =216=; 216
Solomon, King.
Cobalt in mines, 214
Solon.
Scarcity of silver under, 27
Sosias, the Thracian.
Slaves employed by, =25=
Stahl, G. E., 53
Staunton, Sir George, 409
Stephanus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXX
Stephenson, George, 149
Strabo, 607
Arsenical minerals, 111
Asbestos, 440
Asphalt, 584; 33
Bellows, 362
Cementation, 458
Cupellation, 465
Drainage of Spanish mines, 149
Forest fires melting veins, 36
High stacks, 355
Lydian mines, 26; 27
Mt. Laurion, 27
Silver-lead smelting, 391
Spanish ore-washing, 281
Zinc (?), 409
Strato.
Lost work on mines, =XXVI=; =XXVII=; XII
Struve, B. G., 599
Synesius (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXIX
Tantalus, 27
Taphnutia (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Tapping, Thomas, 85
Thales of Miletus.
Amber, 35
Themistocles.
Athenian mine royalties, 27
Theodor, son of Agricola, VII
Theognis.
Cupellation, 465
On greed, =18=
Plutus, =8=
Refining gold, 399
_Theological Tracts_ (Agricola), 605
Theophilus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Theophilus the Monk, 609
Brass making, 410
Calamine, 112
Cementation, 459
Copper refining, 536
Copper smelting, 405
Cupels, 466
Divining rod, 38
Liquation, 494
Metallurgical appliances, 355
Parting with sulphur, 461
Roasting, 267
Theophrastus, XII; 607
Amber, 35
Arsenical minerals, 111
Asbestos, 440
Assaying, 219
Coal, 34
Copper minerals, 110
Copper ore, 403
Emery, 115
Lodestone, 115
Lost works, =XXVI=; 403
Origin of minerals, 44
Parting precious metals, 458
Quicksilver, 297; 432
Touchstone, 252
Verdigris, 440
Vermilion, 232
White-lead, 391; 440
Thompson, Lewis, 462
Thoth.
Hermes Trismegistos, XXIX
Thotmes III.
Lead, 391; 582
Thucydides.
Mining prefect, =23=; 23; 95
Tibullus.
Wealth condemned by, =16=
Timocles.
Riches, =8=
Timocreon of Rhodes.
Plutus, =7=
Tournefort, Joseph P. De, 566
Tubal Cain.
Instructor in metallurgy, 353
Tursius, =24=
Twain, Mark.
Merlin, XXX
_Typographia Mysnae et Toringiae_, 605
Ulloa, Don Antonio De, 298
Ulysses.
Magic rod, =40=
Valentine, Basil, XXX; 609
Antimony, 429
Divining rod, 38
Parting with antimony, 461
Zinc, 409
Valerius, son of Agricola, VII
Van der Linden, J. A., 599
Van Oppel, XIII; 52
Varro, Marcus, =XXVI=
Vasco da Gama (_see_ Gama, Vasco da).
Veiga, Estacia de, 83
Velasco, Dom Pedro De, 298
Veradianus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXVIII
Villa Nova, Arnold De (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXX
Virgil.
Avarice condemned by, =16=
Vitruvius, 608
Amalgamation, 297
Hiero's Crown, 248
Pumps, 174; 149
Red-lead, 232
Surveying, 129
Verdigris, 440
White-lead, 440
Vladislaus III., King of Poland, =24=
Von Oppel (_see_ Van Oppel).
Voz, Cornelius de (_see_ Devoz, Cornelius).
Wallerius, J. G., 234; 273
Watt, James, 149
Watt, Robert, XXVII
Wefring, Basilius, XIV
Weindle, Caspar, 119
Weinart, B. G., 599
Weller, J. G., V
Werner, A. G., XIII; 53
Wilkinson, J. Gardner.
Bitumen, 582
Egyptian bellows, 362
Egyptian gold-washing, 279
Williams, John, 53
Winkler, K. A., 464
Wrotham, William de, 85; 413; 473
Xenophon.
Athenian mines, =28=; =83=; 27; 29
Fruitfulness of mines, =6=
Mining companies, 90
Mine slaves, 25; 28
Quoted by Agricola, =26=; =28=
Zimmerman, C. F., 53
Zosimus (alchemist), =XXVII=; XXIX
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Alum Making, =571=
Amalgamation Mill, =299=
Ampulla, =442=; =446=
Argonauts, =330=
Assay Balances (_see_ Balances).
Assay Crucible, =229=
Assay Furnaces.
Crucible, =227=
Muffle, =223=; =224=
Balances, =265=
Baling Water, =199=
Bars, for Furnace Work, =377=; =389=
Batea, =157=
Bellows.
For blast furnaces, =359=; =365=; =368=; =370=; =372=
For mine ventilation, =208=; =209=; =211=
For tin furnace, =419=
Bismuth Smelting, =434=; =435=; =436=; =437=
Bitumen Making, =582=
Bitumen Spring, =583=
Bowls for Alluvial Washing (_see also_ Batea), =336=
Buckets.
For hoisting ore, =154=
For hoisting water, =158=
Buddle, =301=; =302=; =314=; =315=
Building Plan for Refinery, =493=
Building Plan for Smelter, =361=
Chain Pumps, =173=; =174=; =175=
_Chrysocolla_ Making, =585=
Circular Fire (_see_ Ring-Fire).
Clay Washing, =374=; =375=
Compass, =57=; =59=; =142=; =147=
Copper Mould for Assaying, =250=
Copper Refining, =534=; =537=
Copper Refining Furnace, =532=
Crane.
For cupellation furnace, =479=
For liquation cakes, =514=
Crowbars, =152=
Cupel, =229=
Mould, =231=
Cupellation Furnace, =468=; =470=; =474=
At Freiberg, =481=
In Poland, =482=
Cutting Metal, =269=
Descent into Mines, =213=
Dipping-pots, =385=; =387=; =389=; =393=; =415=; =417=
Distillation (_see_ Nitric Acid _and_ Quicksilver).
Divining Rod, =40=
Dogs Packing Ore, =168=
Drifts, =105=
Drying Furnace for Liquation, =525=; =527=; =528=
Dust Chambers, =395=; =417=
Fans, Ventilation, =204=; =205=; =206=; =207=
Fire-Buckets, =377=
Fire Pump, =377=
Fire-Setting, =120=
Forehearth, =357=; =358=; =383=; =385=; =387=; =389=; =417=
Frames (or Sluices) for Washing Ore or Alluvial, =322-324=;
=326-329=; =331-333=
Furnaces.
Assaying (_see_ Assay Furnaces).
Blast, =357=; =358=; =373=; =377=; =383=; =385=; =387=; =389=;
=395=; =419=; =424=; =508=
Copper refining, =537=
Cupellation, =468=; =470=; =474=; =481=; =482=
Distilling sulphur, =277=
Enriching copper bottoms, =510=
Glass-making, =587=; =588=; =589=; =591=
Iron smelting, =422=; =424=
Lead smelting (_see also_ Furnaces, blast), =393=
Liquation, =517=; =519=; =525=; =527=; =528=
Nitric acid making, =442=
Nitric acid parting, =446=
Parting precious metals with antimony, =453=
Ditto cementation, =455=
Quicksilver distillation, =427-432=
Refining silver, =485=; =486=; =489=
Roasting, =276=
Steel making, =425=
Tin burning, =349=
Tin smelting, =415=
Gad, =150=
Glass Making, =591=
Furnaces, =587=; =588=; =589=
Ground Sluicing, =337=; =340=; =343=; =346=; =347=
Hammers, =151=
With water-power, =422=; =425=
Heap Roasting, =275=; =278=
Hearths.
For bismuth smelting, =436=; =437=
For heating copper cakes, =504=
For melting lead, =393=
For melting lead cakes, =499=
For refining tin, =418=
For roasting, =277=
Hemicycle, =138=
Hoe, =152=
_Intervenium_, =50=
Iron Fork for Metal, =387=
Iron Hook for Assaying, =240=
Iron Smelting, =422=; =424=
Iron Tools, =150=
Jigging Sieve, =311=
Ladders, =213=
Ladle for Metal, =383=
Lead Mould for Assaying, =240=
Liquation Cakes.
Dried, =530=
Liquation Cakes, Exhausted, =522=
Liquation Furnaces, =517=; =519=; =525=; =527=; =528=
Lye Making, =557=
Matte Roasting, =350=; =351=
Meers, Shape of, =79=; =80=; =86=; =87=; =89=
Mills for Grinding Ore, =294=; =296=
Muffle Furnaces, =223=; =489=
Muffles, =228=
Nitric Acid Making, =442=
_Nitrum_ Pits, =559=
_Operculum_, =446=
_Orbis_, =142A=
Parting Precious Metals.
With antimony, =453=
By cementation, =455=
With nitric acid, =446=
With sulphur, =449=
Picks, =152=
Plummet level.
Standing, =143=
Suspended, =146=
Pumps.
Chain, =173=; =174=; =175=
Duplex suction, =180=; =185=; =189=
Rag and chain, =191=; =193=; =194=; =195=
Suction, =177=; =178=; =179=; =182=; =183=; =187=
Quicksilver Distillation, =427=; =429=; =430=; =431=; =432=
Rag and Chain Pumps, =191=; =193=; =194=; =195=; =197=
Rammers for Fire-Clay, =377=; =383=
Ring-Fire, for Parting with Sulphur, =449=
Roasting (_see also_ Heap _and_ Stall Roasting), =278=; =350=; =351=;
=274=; =275=; =276=
Rosette Copper Making, =537=
Salt.
Boiling, =549=; =554=; =555=
Caldron, =551=; =553=
Evaporated on faggots, =556=
Pans, =547=
Wells, =549=
Saltpetre Making, =563=
Saxon Lead Furnace, =393=
Scorifier, =229=
Seams in the Rocks, =54=; =55=; =56=; =60=; =72=
Shafts.
Inclined, =104=
Timbering, =123=
Vertical, =103=; =105=
Shears for Cutting Metal, =269=
Shield for Muffle Furnace, =241=
Sifting Ore, =287=; =288=; =289=; =291=; =292=; =293=; =311=; =342=
Silver.
Cakes, Cleansing of, =476=; =488=
Refining, =484=; =485=; =486=; =489=
Sleigh for Ore, =168=
Sluicing Tin, =337=; =338=; =340=; =343=
Smelter, Plan of Building, =361=
Soda Making, =561=
Sorting Ore, =268=; =270=
Spalling Ore, =270=; =271=; =272=
Stall Roasting.
Matte, =350=; =351=
Ore, =274=; =276=
Stamp-mill, =284=; =286=; =287=; =299=; =313=; =320=; =321=; =373=
For breaking copper cakes, =501=
Stamps, =285=
Steel Furnace, =425=
Strake, =302=; =303=; =305=; =306=; =307=; =341=; =342=; =345=
Canvas, =308=; =309=; =317=; =321=; =329=
Streaming for Tin, =318=
Stringers.
Associated, =71=
_Fibra dilatata_, =71=
_Fibra incumbens_, =71=
Oblique, =71=
Transverse, =71=
Surveying.
Rods, =138A=
Shafts and Tunnels, =131=
Triangles, =133=; =134=; =135=; =136=; =137=; =139=; =140=
Suction Pumps (_see_ Pumps).
Sulphur Making, =579=; =581=
Tap-holes in Furnaces, =389=
Tapping-bar, =383=; =385=
"Tests" for Refining Silver, =484=; =485=
Timbering.
Shafts, =123=
Tunnels, =125=
Tin.
Bars, =415=
Burning, =349=
Refining, =418=
Smelting, =415=; =419=
Touch-needles, =255=
Trays for Washing Alluvial, =334=
Tread Whim, =163=
Trough, =159=
For washing alluvial, =335=; =348=
Trucks, =156=
Tunnels, =103=; =104=; =105=; =120=
Timbering, =125=
Veins.
Barren, =73=
Beginning of, =69=
Cavernous, =73=
Curved, =61=
End of, =69=
Head of, =69=
Horizontal, =61=
Intersections of, =64=; =65=; =66=; =67=; =68=
Solid, =73=
Strike of, =62=; =63=
_Vena cumulata_, =49=; =70=
_Vena dilatata_, =45=; =50=; =54=; =60=; =61=; =68=; =69=
_Vena profunda_, =45=; =50=; =53=; =61=; =62=; =63=; =64=; =68=
Ventilating with Damp Cloth (_see also_ Bellows, Fans, and
Windsails), =212=
Vitriol Making, =567=; =574=; =575=; =576=; =577=
Wagons, for Hauling Ore, =170=
Washing Ore (_see_ Sifting Ore).
Water Tanks, under Furnaces, =358=
Wedges, =150=
Weights, for Assay Balances, =262=
Westphalian Lead Smelting, =393=
Wheelbarrows, =155=
Whims.
Horse, =165=; =167=
Tread, =163=
Windlasses, =161=; =162=; =171=
Winds, Direction of, =59=
Windsails for Ventilation, =201=; =202=; =203=
Transcriber's Notes.
This document includes quotes from very early authors. As such, it's no
surprise that there are many spelling and punctuation irregularities.
Also the authors were American, but writing for a British journal. In
addition, whether "ae" and "oe" appear as ligatures or separate
characters seems to be fairly random. Unless there was a clearly
preferred spelling choice, variants were kept as is. All changes are
explicitly documented below. Noted spelling variants that were preserved
include: "aluminum" and "aluminium;" "ampullas" and "ampullae;"
"beechwood" and "beech-wood;" "Bluetstein" and "Bluet stein;" "brick dust"
and "brickdust;" "calcspar," "calc spar" and "calc-spar;" derivatives of
"crossbar" and "cross-bar," and similarly for "crosscut," "crosspiece,"
etc.; (Hans von) "Dechen" and "Decken;" "desulphurizing" and
"de-sulphurizing;" "dissension" and "dissention" (and their plurals);
"distill" and "distil" (and derivatives); "encrusted" and "incrusted;"
"enquire" and "inquire" (and derivatives); "ensure" and "insure;"
(Lazarus) "Ercker" and "Erckern;" "flavor" and "flavour;" "fluor-spar"
and "fluorspar;" "Flusse" and "Fluesse;" (Rotenburg an der) "Fulda" and
"Fulde;" "Gatter" and "Gatterer" may be the same person; "gold workers,"
"goldworkers" and "gold-workers;" "gray" and "grey" (and derivatives);
"grove" and "groove" (English mining term for a shaft); "halitum" and
"halitus;" "Henckel" and "Henkel;" "holm oak" and "holmoak;"
"homogenous" and "homogeneous;" Daniel "Houghsetter," "Houghstetter" and
"Hochstetter;" "Joannes" and "Johannes" (the alchemist); "Johanes" and
"Johannes" (Aurelius Augurellus), a.k.a. "John Aurelio Augurello;"
"Juedenstein" and "Jueden stein;" "Kinstock" and "Kinstocke;" "Lautental"
and "Lautenthal;" "lawsuit" and "law-suit;" "Leipsic" and "Leipzig;"
"Krat" and "Kratt;" "Mosaic" and "Mosaick;" "mineralogic" and
"mineralogical;" "Nuetzlich Bergbuechlin," "Nuetzliche Bergbuechlin,"
"Nuetzlich Bergbuechlein," and "Nuetzliche Bergbuechlein;" "organisation"
and "organization;" (Thomas) "Pennant" and "Pennent;" "Probier
Buechlein," "Probierbuechlin," "Probierbuechlein," "Probirbuechlein," and
"Probirbuechleyn" (which may be different books in some cases);
derivatives of "pulverise" and "pulverize;" "reagent" and "re-agent"
(and their plurals); derivatives of "recognise" and "recognize;"
"republished" and "re-published;" "salamander har" and "salamanderhar;"
"seashore" and "sea-shore;" "semicircle" and "semi-circle" (and
derivatives); "shovelful" and "shovel-ful;" "spiesglas," "spiesglass,"
and "spiesglasz;" "Turkey oak" and "turkey-oak;" "Vannucci," "Vannuccio"
and "Vanuccio" (Biringuccio); "Vectarii" and "Vectiarii;" derivatives of
"volatilise" and "volatilize."
There appears to be no rule whether punctuation following a quote should
be inside or outside the quotation marks. The text was simply left as
is.
There appears to be no rule whether Roman numerals have periods after
them or not; even references to the same document may differ. The text
was simply left as is.
For the text version of the document, replaced the oe-ligature with the
separate characters "oe." Also removed the macron from the "e" in
"pectos."
Some footnote numbers are skipped. To avoid confusion with references to
the footnotes, none of the footnotes were re-numbered. In particular,
Book I does not have footnote 24; Book VI does not have footnote 9; Book
VIII does not have footnote 9, 10 or 18; Book IX does not have footnote
24; Book XI does not have footnote 3.
Inserted missing anchor for footnote 1 on page v.
Changed "Albertham" to "Abertham" on page vii: "the God's Gift mine at
Abertham."
Changed "honored" to "honoured" on page xi: "most honoured citizens."
Treated the explanatory text on page xxiv as a footnote (number 1) and
created its anchor on page xxi.
Changed "license" to "licence" in the note on page xxiv: "only poets
have licence."
Changed "Bibliotheque" to "Bibliotheque" in the footnote on page xxix:
"the Bibliotheque Nationale."
Changed "Theosebeia" to "Theosebia" and inserted closing double
quotation mark after "written to Theosebia, etc....'" on page xxx.
Left "loadstone" on page 2 although it's spelled "lodestone" everywhere
else, because it's in a quote.
Changed "silver-mines" to "silver mines" on page 5: "the silver mines at
Freiberg."
Removed the extra comma after "ll." in footnote 20 on page 11: "Odes,
I., 35, ll. 17-20;" and in footnote 21 on page 15: "Satires, II., 3, ll.
99-102."
Changed "realised" to "realized" on page 25: "his hopes are not
realized."
Removed extra double quotation mark from before "probable that the work"
on page 28.
Changed "Hipprocrene" to "Hippocrene" in footnote 19 on page 37: "named
Hippocrene after that horse."
Changed "Joachimstal" to "Joachimsthal" on page 42.
Adjusted the formats of the captions to the illustrations on page 45,
55, 56 and 60 to be consistent with other captions.
Removed extra double quotation mark after "not a metal" in the footnote
from page 51.
Changed "foot walls and hanging walls" to "footwalls and hangingwalls"
on page 65.
Changed "hanging-wall" to "hangingwall" in footnote 5 on page 80: "into
the hangingwall."
Changed "Phaenippis" to "Phaenippus" in the footnote on page 83: "the
other against Phaenippus."
Inserted double quotation mark after "Droit Francais et Etranger" in the
footnote on page 84.
Changed "Inama-Strenegg" to "Inama-Sternegg" in the footnote on page 84.
Changed "Himmelich" to "Himmelisch" on page 92: "Himmelisch Hoez."
"Himmelsch hoz" was retained as a variant elsewhere.
Changed "shovelers" to "shovellers" on page 100: "miners, shovellers,
windlass men."
The table in the note on page 109 refers to note 7 on p. 573. It would
make more sense to refer to note 8, but was left as is.
Changed "chrusos" to "chrysos" in the footnote on page 110: "(chrysos,
gold and kolla, solder)."
The footnote on page 110 contains the reference "(see note xx., p. x)."
Rather than Roman numerals, this appears to be a placeholder to a
reference that was not filled in. Perhaps it should be "(see note 8, p.
560)," but it was left as is.
Changed "tinstone" to "tin-stone" in the footnote on page 110.
Changed "De La Pirotechnica" to "De La Pirotechnia" in the footnote on
page 112.
Changed "Mansfeld" to "Mannsfeld" in the footnote on page 113:
"Mannsfeld copper schists."
Changed "CoAsA" to "CoAsS" in the footnote on page 113: "Cobaltite
(CoAsS)."
Changed "Phoenecians" to "Phoenicians" on page 119: "Phoenicians must
have possessed."
Changed "hanging wall" to "hangingwall" on page 124: "the hangingwall
and the footwall."
Changed "venae dilatatae" (ae-ligature) to "venae dilatatae" on page 127:
"mine venae dilatatae lying down."
Changed "venae cumulatae" (ae-ligature) to "venae cumulatae" on page 128:
"as to venae cumulatae."
Changed "Watts's" to "Watt's" in footnote 1 on page 149: "Watt's
improvements."
Changed "locks" to "blocks" on page 151: "blocks, and plates."
Something is wrong with the sentence on page 153 that ends with the
reference to footnote 3. One metreta is larger than one-sixth of a
congius. Perhaps "metreta" and "congius" should be swapped in this
sentence, but it was left as is.
Changed "bail" to "bale" on page 153: "iron semi-circular bale."
Changed "Fosilium" to "Fossilium" twice in the footnote on page 155: "De
Natura Fossilium."
Changed "decends" to "descends" on page 166: "descends into an
underground chamber," and again on page 190: "the plank descends."
Changed "Pig-skin" to "Pigskin" in the caption to the illustration on
page 168: "Pigskin sacks."
Left "vapor" as is in footnote 20 on page 210 although it's spelled
"vapour" everywhere else, because it's in a quote.
Changed "de hydrated" to "dehydrated" in the footnote on page 221:
"Probably dehydrated alum."
Changed "Na_{2}Co_{3}" to "Na_{2}CO_{3}" in the footnote on page 222.
Changed "fore-part" to "forepart" on page 226: "the forepart lies."
Changed "four-fold" to "fourfold" on page 226: "with fourfold curves."
Changed "or" to "of" on page 230: "an ore of copper."
Changed "factictius" to "facticius" in the footnote on page 233: "Sal
facticius."
Changed "Interpretaltio" to "Interpretatio" in footnote 13 on page 234:
"Interpretatio, die heffe."
Changed "Loehneys" to "Lohneys" in footnote 21 on page 237.
"Cramner" in footnote 21 on page 237 may be a typo for "Cramer," but it
was left as is.
Changed "neutralized" to "neutralised" in footnote 21 on page 237:
"neutralised by the nitre."
Changed "notes" to "note" in footnote 33 on page 248: "note 10."
Changed "liquified" to "liquefied" on page 250: "has become sufficiently
liquefied."
Changed "touchneedles" to "touch-needles" in footnote 37 on page 253:
"detailed account of touch-needles."
The reference to page 259 in footnote 39 on page 253 does not seem to
make sense, but was not changed. Perhaps the reference should be to
footnote 27 on page 242.
In the table on page 257, the entries for the 20th and 21st needles do
not add up, because the entry for the number of sextulae of copper
belongs in the 21st needle, not the 20th. This was corrected. However,
there are other errors in this table, which are not so obvious and were
not corrected. In particular, the entries for the 22nd, 28th and 31st
needles do not add correctly.
In the table on page 258, the number for the siliquae of copper was
sometimes in the sextulae column. These were corrected. The affected
lines were the ones for needles 13, 22 and 24. There is some other error
(uncorrected) for the 17th needle; probably it should have another
sextula of silver.
Filled in the missing "4" in the line for the 8th needle in the table on
page 260.
Changed "52" to "25" in the line for the 3rd weight in the table for the
"greater" weights on page 261.
Changed "stele" to "stelae" on page 279: "Certain stelae."
Changed "hanging-wall" to "hangingwall" on page 279: "the hangingwall
rock;" and on page 292: "from the hangingwall."
Changed "lead" to "led" in the footnote on page 281: "led through a
series."
Changed "Humpfrey" to "Humphrey" in the footnote on page 283: "William
Humphrey."
Changed "Erbisdroff" to "Erbisdorff" on page 304: "tin-stuff of
Schlackenwald and Erbisdorff."
Changed "colleced" to "collected" on page 328: "concentrates are
collected."
Changed "civilisation" to "civilization" in footnote 17 on page 330:
"glimmer of civilization."
Changed "Chapter IX" to "Book IX" in footnote 22 from page 350.
Changed "Thothmes" to "Thotmes" in footnote 6 on page 362: "the time of
Thotmes III."
Changed "unseasonable" to "unreasonable" on page 374: "yet it is not
unreasonable."
Inserted "L--" in the caption for the illustration on page 385.
Footnote 23, p. 391, refers to a note on p. 265, but there is no such
note.
Changed "carni" to "Carni" in the caption to the illustration on page
393.
Removed extra right parenthesis at end of footnote 28, from page 396,
and footnote 7, from page 441.
Changed "Agatharcides" to "Agatharchides" in the footnote on page 399,
and again in the footnote on page 465.
Changed "bare" to "bars" on page 418: "the lattice-like bars sells."
Changed "Nuetliche" to "Nuetzliche" in footnote 59 on page 433: "the
Nuetzliche Bergbuechlein in association."
Changed "threequarters" to "three-quarters" on page 437: "three-quarters
of a foot."
Changed "the spout from the opercula extends" to "the spouts from the
opercula extend" in the caption to the illustration on page 446.
Changed "earthern" to "earthen" on page 451: "melted with copper in a
red hot earthen crucible."
Changed "Boussingalt" to "Boussingault" in footnote 18 on page 454:
"Investigation by Boussingault."
Footnote 26, on page 465, refers to a discussion on page 389; there is
no such discussion. Perhaps the note on page 390 was intended, but no
change was made.
The reference to p. 480 in the footnote on page 466 doesn't seem to make
sense. Perhaps the reference should be to the note on p. 475 or the
illustration on p. 481, but it was not changed.
Changed "Agricolas'" to "Agricola's" in footnote 27 on page 467.
Changed "roman" to "Roman" in the caption to the figure on page 481.
Changed "pinewood" to "pine-wood" on page 496: "shingles of pine-wood."
Changed "Fore-hearths" to "Forehearths" in the caption to the
illustration on page 508.
Changed "or" to "of" in the table in footnote 17 on page 512: "564.8
lbs. of (A)."
Changed "near-by" to "nearby" on page 526: "in a nearby timber."
Changed "fore-hearth" to "forehearth" on page 540: "into the
forehearth," and on page 543: "into the forehearth."
Changed "sideboards" to "side-boards" on page 552: "the side-boards are
fixed."
Changed superscripts to subscripts in footnote 9 on page 561:
"Ca(NO_{3})_{2} + K_{2}CO_{3} = CaCO_{3} + 2KNO_{3}."
Changed "crystallised" to "crystallized" in footnote 9 on page 561.
Changed "hydros" to "hydrous" in the footnote on page 565: "the hydrous
sulphate."
Changed "octrahedra" to "octahedra" in the footnote on page 565.
Changed "subtance" to "substance" in footnote 11 on page 572: "that
feathery substance."
Changed "ventholes" to "vent-holes" on page 580: "two or three
vent-holes."
Changed "prehistoric" to "pre-historic" on page 582: "from pre-historic
times."
Changed "Rawlinsons, Trans." to "Rawlinson's Trans." in the footnote on
page 583.
Changed "Neavius" to "Naevius" on page 596: "Johannes Naevius."
Changed "Unstaendliche" to "Umstaendliche" in footnote 3 on page 599:
"Umstaendliche ... Chronica."
Changed "Watts" to "Watt" on page 605: "Watt mentions it."
Changed "begininng" to "beginning" on page 611: "beginning of the
sixteenth centuries."
Changed "oxidising" to "oxidizing" on page 615: "an oxidizing blast."
Changed "Oryguia" to "Orguia" on page 617.
Changed the reference for Annaberg on page 619 from "XXI" to "XXXI."
Changed "Ceragurite" to "Cerargurite" in its index entry on page 620.
Changed "Fibrae" to "Fibrae" (ae-ligature) in its index entry on page
622.
Changed the reference for Glass on page 623 from "534-592" to "584-592."
Changed two references for Magnes on page 625 from "584" to "585."
Changed the reference for Nuremberg, Scale of Weights on page 626 from
"264" to "263."
Changed "Pickscheifer" to "Pickschiefer" in its index entry on page 626.
Changed the reference for Proustite on page 626, and the references for
Pyrargyrite, for Ruby Silver, for Silver, for Silver Glance and for
Silver Ores on page 627, from "109" to "108."
Changed the reference for Quicksilver on page 626 from "111" to "110."
Changed "Stuices" to "Sluices" on page 626, in the index entry for
"Pockets in Alluvial Sluices."
Changed the references for Schneeberg, St. George mine and for St.
George Mine on page 627 from "92" to "91."
Changed "Steinmack" to "Steinmarck" in its index entry on page 628.
In the Index to Persons and Authorities (starting page 630), there are a
number of references to page 599 that appear to make more sense as
references to 603, but which were not changed.
Changed the reference for Venice, Scale of Weights on page 630 from
"264" to "263."
Changed the reference for De Mensuris et Ponderibus, Weights and
Measures on page 632 from "264" to "263."
Changed the reference for De Natura eorum quae Effluunt ex Terra,
Dedication on page 632 from "VIII" to "VII."
Changed the reference for De Precio Metallorum et Monetis on page 632
from "264" to "263."
Changed "Diphilus" to "Diphilos" in its index entry on page 632.
Changed the references for Forehearth and for Furnaces, Blast on page
637 from "390" to "389."
Changed the references for Pumps, Suction on page 638 from "188; 137" to
"183; 187."
Changed the reference for "Tests" for Refining Silver on page 638 from
"384" to "484."