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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mining in World History (Reaktion Books - Globalities) (2002)di Martin Lynch
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This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)622.09Technology Engineering and allied operations Mining Engineering and Mines and Mineral Resources Biography; History By PlaceClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Much attention is given to the exciting interaction between mining & the industrial revolutions of the 18th-19th Century - as well as to similar, perhaps even further accelerated, modern developments. ( )