1597. It includes on page 880 a fragment of a work entitled _Oratio de

1. Chapter 1 2. 1912. It has been made available through the kind permission of 3. INTRODUCTION. 4. 1541. Henry was succeeded in 1541 by his Protestant son Maurice, who was 5. 1881. p. 20. 6. BOOK I. 7. 1. Fluids and gases. 8. 2. Mineral { 9. BOOK II. 10. BOOK III. 11. BOOK IV. 12. 29. For further notes see Appendix C. 13. BOOK V. 14. Book VI. 15. BOOK VI. 16. BOOK VII. 17. BOOK VIII. 18. 1566. The earliest technical account is that of Father Joseph De Acosta 19. 1545. He states that refining silver with mercury was introduced at 20. Book IX. The German term in the Glossary for _panes ex pyrite_ is 21. BOOK IX.[1] 22. 265. Theognis (6th century B.C.) and Hippocrates (5th century B.C.) are 23. introduction of copper could only result deleteriously, except that it 24. BOOK X. 25. Book VII. 26. Book VII, where (p. 220) a table is given showing the Latin and Old 27. Book IX, Agricola appears to use the term in this sense himself. After 28. BOOK XI. 29. BOOK XII. 30. Book I. is devoted to mineral characteristics--colour, brilliance, 31. Book II., "earths"--clay, Lemnian earth, chalk, ochre, etc.; Book III., 32. Book V., lodestone, bloodstone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, mica, calamine, 33. 1614. It is our belief that this refers to the 1612 Wittenberg edition 34. 1550. This was probably an error for either the 1546 or the 1558 35. 1597. It includes on page 880 a fragment of a work entitled _Oratio de 36. part I, _Commentatorium de Mysnia_). _Newe Chronica und Beschreibung des 37. 1700. We have relied upon Booth's translation, but with some amendments 38. 1539. On comparing these various editions (to which may be added one 39. Introduction jigging sieve, 283 40. Book I does not have footnote 24; Book VI does not have footnote 9; Book