Description
Translated from the Italian and with an Introduction and Notes.

The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio discusses a wide variety of minerals including; gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, iron, steel, and brass. This title also examines casting, smelting, melting of metals, various works of fire, and particular combustible materials. The first comprehensive work on metallurgy, 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.

To gain a flavor of the content of the volume, a number of supporting pages (e.g., table of contents, subject index) are available for complimentary download in portable document format.

Digitization of this content is made possible through support from American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.

Relevant Keyword(s)
Copper Nickel and Cobalt;  Extraction and Processing;  High-Temperature Materials;  Iron and Steel;  Lead Zinc and Tin; 

Related Materials Technology@TMS Community
Materials Education;