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

book could be but a labour of love, it has had to find the moments for

its execution in night hours, weekends, and holidays, in all extending over a period of about five years. If the work serves to strengthen the traditions of one of the most important and least recognized of the world's professions we shall be amply repaid.

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