Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later

Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later PDF Author: Robert P. Multhauf
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Book Description
This book is the text of a paper about the history of mining machinery and, in particular, mine pumps. The Agricola referred to is Georgius Agricola a German engineer born in 1494. He was one of the most famous mining engineers known in the medieval world. The author gleaned a lot of information from coinage depicting mining activity.