De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 - Georg Agricola

Zaffre, [112]
Zeitz, [XI].
Zinc (see also [Cadmia] and [Cobalt]).
- Historical notes, [408]-[410]; [354]
- Minerals, [112]-[113]
Zinck (see [Zinc]).
Zinc Oxides, [113]; [354]
Zinc Sulphate (see [Vitriol]).
Zincum (see [Zinc]).
Zoll, [617]; [78]
Zwickau, [VI].
Zwitter, [110]

INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.

Note.—The numbers in heavy type refer to the Text; those in plain type to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc.

Acosta, Joseph De, [298]
Aeschylus.
- Amber, [35]
Aesculapius.
- Love of gold, [9]
Africanus (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Agatharchides.
- Cupellation, [465]
- Egyptian gold mining, [279]; [391]; [399]
- Fire-setting, [118]
Agathocles.
- Money, [21]
Agathodaemon (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Agricola, Daniel, [606]
Agricola, Georg (a preacher at Freiberg), [606]
Agricola, Georgius.
- Assaying, [220]
- Biography, [V]-[XVI]
- Founder of Science, [XIV]
- Geologist, [XII]; [46]; [53]
- Interest in Gottsgaab mine, [VII]; [74]
- Mineralogist, [XII]; [108]; [594]
- Paracelsus compared with, [XIV]
- Real name, [V]
- Works, [Appendix A]
  - See also:
Agricola, Rudolph, [606]
Albert the Brave, Duke of Meissen, [VIII]
Albertus Magnus (Albert von Bollstadt), [XXX]; [609]
- Alluvial gold, [76]
- Cementation, [460]
- Metallic arsenic, [111]
- Metals, [44]
- Saltpetre, [562]
- Zinc, [409]
Albinus, Petrus, [V]; [599]
- Cuntz von Glück, [24]
Alpinus, Prosper, [559]
Alyattes, King of Lydia.
- Mines owned by, [26]; [27]
American Institute of Mining Engineers, [38]; [53]
Anacharsis.
- Invention of bellows, [362]
Anacreon of Teos.
- Money despised by, [9]; [15]
Anaxagoras.
- Money despised by, [15]
Anna, Daughter of Agricola, [VII]
Anna, Wife of Agricola, [VII]
Antiphanes.
- On wealth, [19]
Apollodorus, [26]
Apulejus (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXIX]
Archimedes.
- King Hiero's crown, [247]
- Machines, [149]
Ardaillon, Edouard.
- Mt. Laurion, [28]; [281]; [391]
Aristippus.
- Gold, [9]; [14]
Aristodemus.
- Money, [8]
Aristotle, [XII]; [607]
- Amber, [35]
- Athenian mines, [27]; [83]
- Burning springs, [583]
- Coal, [34]
- Cupellation, [465]
- Distillation, [441]
- Lodestone, [115]
- Nitrum, [558]
- Ores of brass, [410]
- Quicksilver, [432]
- Silver from forest fires, [36]
- Theory of ore deposits, [44]
- Wealth of, [15]
Arnold de Villa Nova. (see [Villa Nova, Arnold de]).
Athenaeus.
- Silver from forest fires, [36]
Augurellus, Johannes Aurelius (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXX]
Augustinus Pantheus (alchemist), [XXVII]
Augustus, Elector of Saxony, [IX]
- Dedication of De Re Metallica, [XXV]
- Letter to Agricola, [XV]
Avicenna, [XXX]; [608]

Bacon, Roger, [XXX]; [609]
- Saltpetre, [460]; [562]
Badoarius, Franciscus, [XXVII]
Balboa, V. N. de, [V]
Ballon, Peter, [559]
Barba, Alonso, [300]; [1]
Barbarus, Hermolaus, [XXVII]
Barrett, W. F., [38]
Becher, J. J., [53]
Bechius, Philip, [XV]
Beckmann, Johann.
- Alumen, [565]
- Amalgamation, [297]
- Nitrum, [559]
- Parting with nitric acid, [461]
- Stamp-mills, [281]
- Stannum, [473]
- Tin, [412]
Bergbüchlein (see [Nützlich Bergbüchlin]).
Bergwerks lexicon, [37]; [80]; [81]
Berman, Lorenz, [VI]; [597]
Bermannus, [596]; [599]; [VI]
- Arsenical minerals, [111]
- Bismuth, [3]; [433]
- Cadmia, [113]
- Cobalt, [112]
- Fluorspar, [381]
- Molybdaena, [477]
- Schist, [234]
- Shafts, [102]
- Zinc, [409]
Berthelot, M. P. E., [429]; [609]
Berthier, [492]
Bias of Priene.
- Wealth, [8]; [14]
Biringuccio, Vannuccio, [614]
- Agricola indebted to, [XXVII]
- Amalgamation of silver ores, [297]
- Assaying, [220]
- Assay ton, [242]
- Brass making, [410]
- Clarifying nitric acid, [443]
- Copper refining, [536]
- Copper smelting, [405]
- Cupellation, [466]
- Liquation, [494]
- Manganese, [586]
- Parting precious metals, [451]; [461]; [462]
- Roasting, [267]
- Steel making, [420]
- Zaffre, [112]
Boeckh, August, [28]
Boerhaave, Hermann, [XXIX]
Borlase, W. C.
- Bronze celts, [411]
Borlase, William.
- Cornish miners in Germany, [283]
Born, Ignaz Edler von, [300]
Boussingault, J. B., [454]
Boyle, Robert.
- Divining rod, [38]
Brough, Bennett, [129]
Bruce, J. C., [392]
Brunswick, Duke Henry of (see [Henry, Duke of Brunswick]).
Budaeus, William (Guillaume Bude), [461]; [606]

Cadmus, [27]
Calbus (see also [Nützlich Bergbüchlin]), [610]; [XXVI]; [XXVII]
- Alluvial gold, [75]
Caligula.
- Gold from auripigmentum, [111]
Callides (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Callimachus.
- On wealth, [19]
Camerarius, [VIII]
Canides (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Carew, Richard.
- Cornish mining law, [85]
- Cornish ore-dressing, [282]
Carlyle, W. A.
- Ancient Rio Tinto smelting, [405]
Carne, Joseph.
- Cornish cardinal points, [57]
Casibrotius, Leonardus, [VI]
Castigationes in Hippocratem et Galenum, [605]
Castro, John de, [570]
Chabas, F. J., [129]
Chaloner, Thomas, [570]
Chanes (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Charles V. of Spain, [IX]
- Agricola sent on mission to, [X]
Chevreul, M. E., [38]
Chronik der Stadt Freiberg, [606]
Cicero.
- Divining rod, [38]
- Wealth of, [15]
Cincinnatus L. Quintius, [23]
Circe.
- Magic rod, [40]
Cleopatra.
- As an alchemist, [XXVII]; [XXIX]
Collins, A. L. [119]
Columbus, Christopher, [V]
Columella, Moderatus, [XXV]; [XXVI]
Comerius, [XXVII]; [XXIX]
Commentariorum ... Libri VI., [604]
Conrad (Graf Cuntz von Glück), [23]; [24]
Corduba, Don Juan De, [300]
Cortes, Hernando, [V]
Cramer, John, [236]
Crassus, Marcus.
- Love of gold, [9]
Crates, the Theban.
- Money despised by, [15]
Croesus, King of Lydia.
- Mines owned by, [26]; [27]
Ctesias.
- Divining rod, [38]
Ctesibius.
- Machines, [149]
Curio, Claudius.
- Love of gold, [9]
Curius, Marcus.
- Gold of Samnites, [9]; [15]

Dana, J. D., [108]
- Alum, [566]
- Copiapite, [574]
- Emery, [115]
- Lemnian earth, [31]
- Minerals of Agricola, [594]
- Zinc vitriol, [572]
Danae.
- Jove and, [10]
D'Arcet, J.
- Parting with sulphuric acid, [462]
Day, St. John V.
- Ancient steel making, [423]
De Animantibus Subterraneis, [597]; [VII]
- Editions, [600]
- Gnomes, [217]; [217]
De Bello adversus Turcam, [605]
De Inventione Dialectica, [606]
De Jure et Legibus Metallicis, [100]; [604]
De Medicatis Fontibus, [605]
De Mensuris et Ponderibus, [597]
- Editions, [599]
- Weights and measures, [263]; [78]
De Metallis et Machinis, [604]
Democritus (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
Demosthenes.
- Mt. Laurion mines, [27]; [83]
De Natura eorum quae Effluunt ex Terra, [598]; [32]
- Dedication, [VII]
- Editions, [600]
De Natura Fossilium, [594]; [600]; [III]; [XII]
- Alum, [565]
- Amber, [35]
- Antimony, [429]
- Argol, [234]
- Arsenical minerals, [111]
- Asbestos, [440]
- Bismuth, [110]
- Bitumen, [581]
- Borax, [560]
- Brass making, [410]
- Cadmia, [113]
- Caldarium copper, [511]
- Camphor, [238]
- Chrysocolla, [584]
- Coal, [35]
- Cobalt, [112]
- Copper flowers, [539]; [233]
- Copper scales, [233]
- Crinoid stems, [115]
- Emery, [115]
- Fluorspar, [380]
- Goslar ores, [273]
- Goslar smelting, [408]
- Iron ores, [111]
- Iron smelting, [420]
- Jet, [34]
- Lapis judaicus, [115]
- Lead minerals, [110]
- Mannsfeld ores, [273]
- Melanteria, [573]
- Mineral Kingdom, [1]
- Misy, [573]
- Molybdaena, [476]
- Native metals, [108]
- Petroleum, [581]
- Pompholyx, [114]; [278]
- Pyrites, [112]
- Quicksilver, [110]
- Rudis minerals, [108]
- Sal-ammoniac, [560]
- Silver glance, [109]
- Sory, [573]
- Spodos, [114]
- Stannum, [473]
- Stones which easily melt, [380]
- Sulphur, [578]
- Tophus, [233]
- Touchstone, [253]
- White schist, [234]
- Zinc, [409]
De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum, [594]; [600]; [III]; [VII]; [XII]; [XIII]
- Earths, [48]
- Gangue minerals, [48]
- Gold in alluvial, [76]
- Ground waters, [48]
- Juices, [52]
- Metals, [51]
- Solidified juices, [49]
- Stones, [49]
- Touchstone, [253]
- Veins, [47]
De Ortu Metallorum Defensio ad J. Scheckium, [604]
De Peste, [605]; [VIII]
De Precio Metallorum et Monetis, [597]; [600]
- Mention by Agricola, [252]; [263]
De Putredine solidas partes, etc., [605]
De Re Metallica, [I]; [XIII]; [XIV]-[XVI]
- Editions, [600]; [XIV]
- Title page, [XIX]
De Soto, Fernandes, [V]
De Terrae Motu, [604]
De Varia temperie sive Constitutione Aeris, [604]
De Veteribus et Novis Metallis, [597]; [600]; [VII]; [XXVI]; [5]
- Agricola's training, [VI]
- Conrad, [24]
- Discovery of mines, [36]; [5]; [37]
- Gottsgaab mine, [74]
Devoz (de Voz), Cornelius, [570]; [283]
Diodorus Siculus, [607]
- Alum, [566]
- Bitumen, [582]
- Cupellation, [465]
- Drainage of Spanish mines, [149]
- Egyptian gold mining, [279]
- Fire-setting, [118]
- Lead, [391]
- Silver from forest fires, [36]
- Tin, [412]
Diogenes Laertius, [7]; [9]; [10]
Dioscorides, [607]; [608]
- Alum, [566]
- Antimony, [428]
- Argol, [234]
- Arsenic minerals, [111]
- Asbestos, [440]
- Bitumen, [584]
- Brass making, [410]
- Burned lead, [237]
- Cadmia, [112]
- Chalcitis, [573]
- Copper flowers, [233]; [538]
- Copper smelting, [403]
- Cupellation, [465]
- Distillation apparatus, [355]
- Dust-chambers, [355]; [394]
- Emery, [115]
- Lead, [392]
- Lead minerals, [477]
- Lemnian earth, [31]
- Litharge, [465]
- Lodestone, [115]
- Melanteria, [573]
- Misy, [573]
- Naphtha, [584]
- Pompholyx, [394]; [410]
- Quicksilver, [297]; [432]
- Red-lead, [232]
- Sal-ammoniac, [560]
- Sory, [573]
- Spodos, [394]
- Verdigris, [440]
- Vitriol, [572]
- White-lead, [440]
Diphilos, [27]; [83]
Diphilus (poet).
- Gold, [10]
Dominatores Saxonici, [606]
Draud, G., [599]
Dudae.
- Alum trade, [569]

Elizabeth, Queen of England.
- Charters to alum makers, [283]; [570]
- Dedication of Italian De Re Metallica to, [XV]
- Importation of German miners, [283]; [570]
Eloy, N. F. J., [599]
Entzelt (Enzelius, Encelio), [615]
Erasmus, [VI]; [VIII]; [XIV]
Ercker, Lazarus.
- Amalgamation, [300]
- Liquation, [491]; [505]
- Nitric acid preparation, [443]
- Parting gold and silver, [444]; [451]
Eriphyle.
- Love of gold, [9]
Ernest, Elector of Saxony, [VIII]
Euripides.
- Amber mentioned by, [35]
- Plutus, [8]; [7]
Ezekiel, Prophet.
- Antimony, [428]
- Cupellation, [465]
- Tin, [412]

Fabricius, George.
- Agricola's death, [X]
- Friendship with Agricola, [VIII]
- Laudatory poem on Agricola, [XXI]
- Letters, [IX]; [X]; [XIV]; [XV]
- Posthumous editor of Agricola, [603]; [606]
Fairclough, H. R., [III]
Farinator, Mathias, [XXVI]
Ferdinand, King of Austria.
- Agricola sent on mission to, [X]
- Badoarius sent on mission to, [XXVII]
Ferguson, John.
- Editions of De Re Metallica, [XVI]; [599]
Feyrabendt, Sigmundi, [XV]
Figuier, L., [38]
Flach, Jacques.
- Aljustrel tablet, [83]
Florio, Michelangelo, [XV]
Förster, Johannes, [VI]
Francis, Col. Grant, [267]; [283]
Francis I., King of France, [IX]
Frederick, Elector of Saxony, [VIII]; [IX]
Froben, Publisher of De Re Metallica, [XIV]; [XV]
Frontinus, Sextus Julius, [87]