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

by Georg Agricola

• Galen.
  • Agricola's revision of, [605]; [VI]
  • Lemnian earth, [31]
  • Mention by Agricola, [2]
• Galerazeya sive Revelator Secretorum, etc., [606]
• Gama, Vasco da, [V]
• Ganse (Gaunse), Joachim, [267]; [283]
• Gatterer, C. W., [599]
• Geber, [XXVII]; [XXX]; [609]
  • Alum, [569]
  • Assaying, [219]
  • Cementation, [459]
  • Cupels, [466]
  • Nitric acid, [460]
  • Origin of metals, [44]
  • Precipitation of silver nitrate, [443]
• Genesis, Book of, [XII]; [43]
• George, Duke of Saxony, [IX]; [310]; [310]
• Gesner, Conrad, [52]
• Gibbon, Edward, [119]
• Glauber, J. R., [410]
• Glück, Cuntz von (see [Conrad]).
• Gmelin, J. F., [84]
• Göcher, C. G., [599]
• Godolphin, Sir Francis, [282]
• Gowland, William.
  • Ancient bronze, [410]; [411]; [421]
  • Early smelting, [402]
• Graecus, Marcus.
  • Saltpetre, [562]
• Grommestetter, Paul, [281]
• Grymaldo, Leodigaris, [XVI]
• Gyges, King of Lydia.
  • Mines owned by, [26]; [27]

• Hannibal.
  • Alps broken by vinegar, [119]
  • Spanish mines, [42]; [42]
• Hardy, William, [85]
• Heath, Thomas.
  • On Hero, [129]
• Heliodorus (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXIX]
• Henckel, J. F., [53]; [112]; [410]
• Hendrie, R., [609]
• Hennebert, E., [119]
• Henry, Duke of Brunswick, [VII]
• Henry, Duke of Meissen, [IX]
• Hermes (alchemist), [XXVI]; [XXVIII]
• Hermes (Mercury).
  • Magic rod, [40]
• Hero.
  • Underground surveying, [129]
• Herodotus.
  • Alum, [566]
  • Bitumen, [582]
  • Lead, [391]
  • Mines of Thrace, [23]
  • Nitrum, [558]
• Hertel, Valentine, [XIV]
• Hiero, King of Syracuse.
  • Crown, [247]
• Hill, John, [607]
  • Auripigmentum, [111]
• Himilce, wife of Hannibal, [42]
• Hippocrates.
  • Cupellation, [391]; [465]
  • Lodestone, [115]
• Hiram, King of Tyre.
  • Mines, [214]
• Hofmann, Dr. R.
  • Biography of Agricola, [V]; [XI]; [599]; [603]
• Homer.
  • Amber, [35]
  • Divining rod, [40]; [40]
  • Lead, [391]
  • Smelting, [402]
  • Steel, [421]
  • Sulphur, [579]
  • Tin, [412]
• Hommel, W.
  • Early zinc smelting, [409]
• Horace.
  • Metals, [11]
  • Wealth, [15]; [17]
• Hordeborch, Johannes, [VII]
• Houghstetter, Daniel, [283]
• Houghton, Thomas, [85]
• Humphrey, William.
  • Jigging sieve, [283]
• Hunt, Robert.
  • Roman lead smelting, [392]

• Inama-Sternegg, K. T. von, [84]
• Interpretatio Rerum Metallicarum (see [Rerum Metall. Interpretatio]).
• Irene, Daughter of Agricola, [VII]

• Jacobi, G. H.
  • Biography of Agricola, [V]; [599]
  • Calbus, [XXVII]; [610]
• Jagnaux, Raoul.
  • Ancient zinc, [409]
• Jason.
  • Golden fleece, [330]
• Jeremiah.
  • Bellows, [362]
  • Cupellation, [465]
  • Lead smelting, [391]
  • Nitrum, [558]
• Jezebel.
  • Use of antimony, [428]
• Job.
  • Refining silver, [465]
• Johannes (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
• John, Elector of Saxony, [IX]
• John, King of England.
  • Mining claims, [85]
• John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, [IX]
• Josephus.
  • Dead Sea bitumen, [33]
• Jove.
  • Danae legend, [10]
• Justin, [36]
• Juvenal.
  • Money, [10]

• Karsten, K. J. B.
  • Liquation, [491]; [492]; [505]; [509]; [523]; [535]
• Kerl, Bruno.
  • Liquation, [505]
• König, Emanuel, [XV]
• König, Ludwig, [XV]
• Kopp, Dr. Hermann, [609]; [441]

• Lampadius, G. A., [462]
• Lasthenes.
  • Love of gold, [9]
• Latin Grammar (Agricola), [605]
• Leonardi, Camilli, [615]
• Leupold, Jacob, [XV]; [599]
• Leviticus.
  • Leprosy of walls, [562]
• Lewis, G. R, [84]
• Lewis, [454]
• Libavis, Andrew, [410]
• Lieblein, J. D. C., [129]
• Linnaeus, Charles, [559]
• Livy.
  • Hannibal's march over the Alps, [119]
• Lohneys, G. E.
  • Liquation, [491]; [505]
  • Parting with antimony, [451]
  • Zinc, [409]; [410]
• Lucretia, daughter of Agricola, [VII]
• Lucretius.
  • Forest fires melting veins, [36]
• Lully, Raymond, [XXVII]; [XXX]
• Luscinus, Fabricius.
  • Gold, [9]; [15]
• Luther, Martin, [V]; [VI]; [VIII]; [IX]
• Lycurgus (Athenian orator).
  • Prosecution of Diphilos, [27]; [83]
• Lycurgus (Spartan legislator).
  • Wealth prohibited by, [9]; [15]

• Magellan, F. de, [V]
• Maltitz, Sigismund, [312]
• Manlove, Edward, [70]; [85]
• Marbodaeus, [615]
• Marcellinus, Ammianus.
  • On Thucydides, [23]
• Marcellus, Nonius, [XXXI]
• Maria the Jewess, [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
• Mathesius, Johann.
  • Cobalt, [214]
  • Conrad mentioned by, [24]
  • De Re Metallica, [XIV]
  • King Hiram's mines, [214]
• Matthew Paris.
  • Cornish miners in Germany, [283]
• Maurice, Elector of Saxony, [XXV]; [VIII]; [IX]; [X]
• Mawe, J., [70]
• Maximilian, Emperor, [23]; [24]
• Meissen, Dukes of (see under personal names: [Albert], [Henry], etc.).
• Melanchthon.
  • Relations with Agricola, [VIII]; [X]
• Menander.
  • Riches, [8]
• Mercklinus, G. A., [599]
• Mercury (see [Hermes]).
• Merlin (magician), [XXVII]; [XXX]
• Meurer, Wolfgang.
  • Letters, [IX]; [X]
• Meyer, Ernst von, [248]; [569]
• Meyner, Matthias, [VII]
• Midas, King of Lydia.
  • Mines owned by, [26]; [27]
• Miller, F. B., [462]
• Minerva.
  • Magic rod, [40]
• Morris, W. O'C., [119]
• Mosellanus, Petrus, [VI]
• Moses.
  • Bitumen, [582]
  • Lead, [391]
  • Refining gold, [399]
  • Rod of Horeb, [38]; [40]
• Müller, Max.
  • Ancient iron, [421]

• Naevius.
  • Money, [20]
• Nash, W. G.
  • Rio Tinto mine, [149]
• Naumachius.
  • Gold and silver, [8]
• Neckam, Alexander.
  • Compass, [57]
• Newcomen, Thomas, [149]
• Nicander.
  • On coal, [34]
• Nicias.
  • Sosias and slaves of, [25]; [25]
• Nützlich Bergbüchlin, [610]; [XXVI]; [XXVII]
  • Alluvial gold, [75]
  • Bismuth, [110]; [433]
  • Compass, [57]; [129]
  • Ore-deposits, [44]
  • Ore-shoots, [43]
  • Veins, [43]; [46]; [73]

• Olympiodorus (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXX]
• Oppel, van (see [Van Oppel]).
• Orus Chrysorichites (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
• Osthanes (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXIX]
• Otho the Great, [6]
• Otho, Prince, [6]
• Ovid.
  • Mining censured by, [7]

• Pandulfus Anglus, [XXVI]
• Pantaenetus.
  • Demosthenes' oration against, [27]; [83]
• Pantheus, Augustinus (alchemist), [XXVII]
• Paracelsus, [XIV]; [XXX]
  • Divining rod, [38]
  • Zinc, [112]; [409]
• Paris, Matthew (see [Matthew Paris]).
• Pebichius (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
• Pelagius (alchemist), [XXVII]
• Pennent, Thomas, [570]
• Percy, John.
  • Cementation, [454]; [459]
  • Cupellation, [465]
  • Liquation, [491]
  • Parting with antimony, [451]; [452]
• Peregrinus, Petrus.
  • Compass, [57]
• Petasius (alchemist), [XXVII]; [XXVIII]
• Petrie, W. M. F.
  • Egyptian iron, [421]
  • Mt. Sinai copper, [402]
• Pettus, Sir John, [XVI]; [283]
• Phaenippus.
  • Demosthenes' oration against, [27]; [83]
• Phaeton's sisters, [35]
• Pherecrates, [XXVI]
• Philemon.
  • Riches, [7]
• Philip of Macedonia, [27]
• Philip, Peter, [282]
• Phillips, J. A., [410]
• Philo.
  • Lost work on mining, [XXVI]
• Phocion.
  • Bribe of Alexander, [9]; [15]
• Phocylides.
  • Gold, [7]
• Photius, [279]
  • Fire-setting, [118]
• Pindar.
  • Wealth, [19]; [252]
• Pius II, Pope.
  • Alum maker, [570]
• Pizarro, F., [V]
• Plateanus, Petrus, [XIV]
• Plautus.
  • Gold, [10]
• Pliny (Caius Plinius Secundus), [XXVI]; [608]
  • Alluvial mining, [331]; [333]
  • Alum, [566]
  • Amalgamation, [297]
  • Amber, [35]
  • Antimony, [428]
  • Argol, [234]
  • Arrhenicum, [111]
  • Asbestos, [440]
  • Bitumen, [33]; [583]
  • Brass, [410]
  • British miners, [83]
  • Cadmia, [112]
  • Cementation, [459]
  • Chrysocolla, [560]
  • Copper flowers and scales, [233]; [538]
  • Copper smelting, [404]
  • Cupellation, [466]
  • Drainage of Spanish mines, [149]
  • Electrum, [458]
  • Fire-setting, [118]
  • Galena, [476]
  • Glass, [585]; [586]
  • Hannibal's silver mine, [42]; [42]
  • Hoisting ore, [157]; [157]
  • Iron, [11]
  • Jew-stone, [115]
  • Lead, [392]
  • Lemnian earth, [31]
  • Litharge, [475]; [466]; [501]
  • Lodestone, [115]
  • Manganese (?), [586]
  • Metallurgical appliances, [355]
  • Misy, [573]
  • Molybdaena, [466]; [476]
  • Naphtha, [583]
  • Nitrum, [560]
  • Ore-dressing, [281]
  • Outcrops, [65]
  • Pompholyx, [396]
  • Protection from poison, [215]
  • Quicksilver, [433]
  • Red-lead, [232]
  • Roasting, [267]
  • Sal-ammoniac, [560]
  • Salt from wood, [558]
  • Silver-lead smelting, [392]
  • Sory, [573]
  • Spodos, [396]
  • Stannum, [473]
  • Tin, Spanish, [412]
  • Tophus, [233]
  • Touchstone, [256]; [253]
  • Turfs in sluices, [331]; [332]
  • Vena, [43]
  • Ventilation with wet cloths, [210]; [210]
  • Verdigris, [440]
  • Vitriol, [572]
  • White-lead, [440]
• Plutarch, [25]
• Pluto, [216]
• Polybius.
  • Ore washing, [281]
  • Silver-lead smelting, [392]; [465]
• Polymnestor, King of Thrace.
  • Love of gold, [9]; [16]
• Pörtner, Hans, [281]
• Posepny, Franz, [53]
• Posidonius.
  • Asphalt and naphtha, [584]
  • Drainage of Spanish mines, [149]
  • Silver from forest fires, [36]
• Priam, King of Troy.
  • Gold mines of, [26]; [27]
• Probierbüchlein, [612]; [XXVI]
  • Amalgamation, [297]
  • Antimony, [420]
  • Assaying, [220]
  • Assay ton, [242]
  • Bismuth, [433]
  • Cementation, [454]
  • Nitric acid, [439]
  • Parting, [461]; [462]; [463]
  • Precipitation of silver nitrate, [443]
  • Residues from distillation of nitric acid, [235]; [443]
  • Roasting, [267]
  • Stock fluxes, [235]; [236]
  • Touchstone, [253]
• Propertius.
  • Gold, [10]
• Pryce, William.
  • Adam's fall, [353]
  • Divining rod, [38]
  • Juices, [1]
  • Ore-deposits, [53]
  • Stamp-mill, [282]
  • Stringers, [70]
• Psalms.
  • Silver refining, [465]
• Pulsifer, Wm. H., [391]
• Pygmalion.
  • Love of gold, [9]; [16]