Livro - Biringuccio - 09-1002-0

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CURTIO N AVO, TO the very magnijicent Messer Bernardino di - . Moncelesi of Salo: - If the best things are due to those who know them best, to whom is this work more appropriate than to Your Lordship? It was composed in your name by Mesxr Vamoccio <strong>Biringuccio</strong> of Siena, an excellent man, and given by him to me so that it is justly yours, and truly it is due to you, since there is no one who could better know it and more rightly judge it than you, either with Philosophy (in which you are most expert) or with Mathematics or Architecture. Furthermore, I know that you will prize it because it treats Wly not only every kind and sort of minerd but also all that is necessary concerning the practice of those things that relate to the arts of smelting or casting metals, as well as everything similar to this. YOU will also prize it most highly if you consider the spirit in which I offer it to you, and this must be considered no less if there are some things lacking herein because of some slight earthly misfortune. And with this I offer my se~ces to you, and kiss your hands. PER CVRTIO NRvO'ET FRA TELLXo AL SEGNO DEL LEO&
Here begins the TABLE OF CONTENTS ofthisvolume, by which every suet contained in this work can easily befound; proceeding in olderfiom book to book, the chapters and pages are shown by number. BOOK ONE EVERY KIND OF MINERAL, IN GENERAL [PrefmI Chapter I The ore of gold. 2 The ore of silver. 3 The ore of copper. 4 The ore of lead. 5 The ore of tin. 6 The ore of iron. 7 The practice of makq steel. 8 The practice of making brass. Page* i3 26 45 49 54 59 61 67 70 BOOK TWO [THE SEMIMWERALS] [Prefael Chapter I Quicksilver and its ore. 2 Sulphur and its ore. 3 Antimony and its ore. 4 Marcasite and its quality. 5 Vitriol and its ore. 6 Rock alum and its ore. 7 Arsenic, orpiment, and redgar. 8 Common mineral salt and many other Acid salts. g Calamine, z&e, and man anese. 10 The lodestone and some o f its effects. XI Bole, ochre, [emery], and borax. 12 Azure and green azure. 13 Rock-crystal, gems, and other glasses. 14 Glass and other semimine&. * Page numbers relate to this translation. The p e numbers of the IS@ edition are intuplated in the text at the appmptiate points, at x e begmmg of each page.
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