Pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringucci
Pirotechnia

Vannoccio Biringucci

Pirotechnia

Vannoccio Biringucci with Cyril Stanley Smith (Translator), Vannoccio Biringuccio (Translator)

512 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

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First clear work on metallurgy, 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 author — a Sie...

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