The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy
Author:   Vannoccio Biringuccio ,  Cyril Stanley ,  Martha Teach Gnudi
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN:  

9780486446431


Pages:   477
Publication Date:   03 January 2006
Format:   Hardback
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The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy


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The first comprehensive work on metallurgy, The Pirotechnia was published in 1540. Lavishly illustrated, it describes the equipment and processes of sixteenth-century mining, smelting, and metalworking. For centuries, this famous work has been a standard reference; it is especially valuable as a source of information on the state of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century technology. 94 woodcuts.

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Author:   Vannoccio Biringuccio ,  Cyril Stanley ,  Martha Teach Gnudi
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9780486446431


ISBN 10:   0486446433
Pages:   477
Publication Date:   03 January 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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