INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.

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PAGE PAGE Acosta, Joseph De ...... 298 A r istipp u s. Aeschylus. G o ld ...... 9 • 14 Amber ...... 35 A r ist o d e m u s. Aesculapius. Money ...... g Love of gold ...... 9 A r ist o t l e ...... X II ; 607 Africanus (alchemist) ...... XXVII ;XXVIII Amber ...... 35 Agatharchides. Athenian mines ...... 27 ; 83 ...... 465 Burning springs...... 583 Egyptian gold ...... 279 ; 391 ; 399 Coal ...... 34 Fire-setting...... 118 Cupellation ...... 465 Agathocles. Distillation ...... 441 Money ...... 21 Lodestone...... 115 Agathodaemon (alchemist) ...... N itrum ...... 558 ...... X X V II; XXVIII Ores of brass ...... 4 10 Agricola, Da n ie l ...... 606 Quicksilver ...... 432 Agricola, Georg (a preacher at from forest fires ...... 36 Freiberg) ...... 606 Theory of ore deposits ...... 44 Agricola, Georgius. Wealth o f ...... 15 Assaying ...... 220 A rnold de V il l a N o v a . Biography ...... V— XVI (See Villa Nova, Arnold de). Founder of Science...... XIV A t h e n a e u s . Geologist...... X II; 46; 53 Silver from forest fires ...... 36 Interest in Gottsgaab mine ...... V I I ; 74 A u g u r e llu s, Jo h a nn e s A u relius Mineralogist ...... XII ; 108 ; 594 (alchemist) ...... XXVII; XXX compared with...... XIV A ugustinus P an th e u s (alchemist). XXVII Real name ...... V A u g u stu s, E lector of Sa x o n y ... IX Works ...... Appendix A Dedication of De Re Metallica .... XXV See also : Letter to Agricola...... XV B erm a n n u s. A v ic e n n a ...... X X X ; 608 De Animantibus. De Natura eorum , etc. Bacon, Roger ...... XXX ; 609 De Natura Fossilium. Saltpetre ...... 460; 562 De Ortu et Causis. Badoarius, Franciscus ...... XXVII D e Peste. Balboa, V. N. de ...... V De Precio Metallorum * Ballon, Pe t e r ...... 559 De Re Metallica. Barba, Alonso...... 300 ; 1 De Veteribus Metallis. Barbarus, Hermolaus...... XXVII Etc. Barrett, W. F...... 38 Agricola, Rudolph ...... 606 Becher, J. J...... 53 Albert the Brave, Duke of Meissen VIII Bechius, Philip ...... XV (Albert von Beckmann, Johann. Bollstadt) ...... XXX ; 609 Alumen ...... 565 Alluvial gold ...... 76 Amalgamation ...... 297 Cementation...... 460 Nitrum ...... 559 Metallic ...... I ll Parting with nitric acid...... 461 ...... 44 Stamp-mills ...... 281 Saltpetre ...... 562 Stannum ...... 473 Zinc ...... 409 T in ...... 412 Albinus, Petrus ...... V ; 599 Bergbuchlein (see Nutzlich Bergbuchlin). Cuntz von Gluck...... 24 Bergwerks Lexicon ...... 37 ; 80; 81 Alpinus, Prosper ...... 559 Berman, L orenz ...... VI ; 597 Alyattes, King of L ydia. Bermannus...... 596 ; 599 ; VI Mines owned by ...... 26 ; 27 Arsenical minerals...... I ll American Institute of Mining Bismuth ...... 3 ; 433 E ngineers ...... 38 ; 53 Cadmia...... 113 Anacharsis. Cobalt ...... 112 Invention of bellows...... 362 Fluorspar ...... 381 Anacreon of T eos. Molybdaena ...... 477 Money despised by ...... 9 ; 15 Schist ...... 234 Anaxagoras. Shafts ...... 102 Money despised by...... 15 Zinc ...... 409 Anna, daughter of Agricola ...... VII Berthelot, M. P. E ...... 429 ; 609 Anna, wife of Agricola ...... VII Berthier...... 492 Antiphanes. Bias of Priene. On wealth...... 19 Wealth ...... 8; 14 Apollodorus ...... 26 Biringuccio, Vannuccio...... 614 Apulejus (alchemist) ...... XXVII ; XXIX Agricola indebted to ...... XXVII Archimedes. Amalgamation of silver ores...... 297 King Hiero* s crown ...... 247 Assaying ...... 220 ...... 149 Assay ton ...... 242 Ardaillon, E douard. Brass making...... 410 Mt, Laurion ...... 28 ; 281 ; 391 Clarifying nitric acid ...... * 443 632 INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES

PAGE Curius, Marcus. page Biringuccio, Vannuccio. Gold of Samnites ...... 9 . 15 Copper refining ...... 536 Copper smelting ...... 405 Dana, J. D...... m Cupellation ...... 466 Alum ...... 566 ...... 494 Copiapite ...... 574 Manganese ...... 586 Emery ...... H 5 Parting precious metals... 451 ; 461 ; 462 Lemnian earth...... 31 Roasting ...... 267 Minerals of Agricola ...... 594 Steel making ...... 420 Zinc vitriol ...... 572 Z afire...... 112 Danae. Boeckh, August ...... 28 Jove and ...... iq Boerhaave, Hermann...... X X IX D’Arcet, J. Borlase, W. C. Parting with sulphuric acid ...... 462 Bronze celts...... 411 Day, St. John V. Borlase, W illiam. Ancient steel making ...... 423 Cornish miners in Germany ...... 283 De Animantibus Subterraneis...... 597 • y|| Born, Ignaz E dler von ...... 300 Editions ...... * 600 Boussingault, J. B...... 454 Gnomes...... 217; 217 Boyle, Robert. De Bello adversus Turcam ...... 605 Divining rod ...... 38 De Inventione Dialectica...... 606 Brough, Be n n e t t ...... 129 De Jure et Legibus Metallicis ...... 100; 604 Bruce, J. C...... 392 De Medicatis Fontibus ...... 605 B runswick, D uke H enry of. De Mensuris et Ponderibus ...... 597 {See Henry, Duke of Brunswick). Editions ...... 599 Budaeus, W illiam (Guillaume Bude) 461 ; 606 Weights and measures ...... 264 ; 78 De M etallis et M a ch in is...... 604 Cadm us...... 27 Democritus (alchemist)... XXVII; XXVIII Calbus (see also Nutzlich Bergbuchlin), Demosthenes. 610 ; XXVI; XXVII Mt. Laurion mines ...... 27 ; 83 Alluvial gold ...... 75 De Natura eorum quae Effluunt ex Caligula. T erra ...... 598 ; 32 Gold from auripigmentum...... I l l Dedication ...... VIII Callides (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXVIII Editions ...... 600 Callimachus. De Natura Fossilium... 594; 600; III 5 XII On wealth...... 19 Alum ...... 565 Camerarius...... VIII Amber ...... 35 Canides (alchemist)...... XXVII ; X X V III ...... 429 Carew, Richard. Argol ...... 234 Cornish mining law...... 85 Arsenical minerals...... Ill Cornish ore-dressing ...... 282 Asbestos ...... 440 Carlyle, W. A. Bismuth ...... 110 Ancient Rio Tinto smelting...... 405 Bitumen ...... 581 Carne, Joseph. Borax ...... 560 Cornish cardinal points ...... 57 Brass making...... 410 Casibrotius, Leonardus...... VI Cadmia...... 113 Castigationes in Hippocratem et Caldarium copper ...... 511 Galenum ...... 605 Camphor ...... 238 Castro, John De ...... 570 Chrysocolla ...... 584 Chabas, F. J...... 129 Coal ...... 35 Chaloner, T homas ...... 570 Cobalt ...... 112 Chanes (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXVIII Copper flowers...... 539 ; 233 Charles V. of Spain ...... IX Copper scales ...... 233 Agricola sent on mission to ...... X Crinoid stems...... 115 Chevreul, M. E ...... 38 Emery ...... 115 Chronik der Stadt Freiberg...... 606 Fluorspar ...... 380 Cicero. Goslar ores ...... 273 Divining rod ...... 38 Goslar smelting ...... 408 Wealth o f ...... *15 Iron ores...... Ill Cincinnatus L. Quintius ...... 23 Iron smelting...... 420 Circe. Jet ...... 34 Magic rod ...... 40 Lapis judaicus...... 115 Cleopatra. Lead minerals ...... HO As an alchemist ...... XXVII ; X X I X Mannsfeld ores ...... 273 Collins, A. L ...... 119 Melanteria ...... 573 Columbus, Christopher...... y Mineral Kingdom ...... Columella, Moderatus...... XXV ; XXVI M isy ...... 573 Com erius...... X X V II; X X I X Molybdaena ...... 476 Commentariorum...Libri V I.... 604 Native metals ...... 108 Conrad (Graf Cuntz von Gluck) . ... 23; 24 Petroleum...... 581 Corduba, D on Juan De ...... 300 Pompholyx ...... 114; 278 Cortes, H ernando ...... y ...... H2 Cramer, Jo h n ...... 236 Quicksilver ...... HO Crassus, Marcus. Rudis minerals...... 108 Love of gold ...... 9 Sal-ammoniac ...... 560 Crates, the Theban. Silver glance ...... 100 Money despised b y ...... *15 Sory ...... 573 Croesus, K ing of Lyd ia. Spodos ...... 114 Mines owned by ...... 26 " 27 Stannum ...... 473 Ctesias. * Stones which easily melt ...... 880 Divining rod ...... 33 Sulphur...... 578 Ctesibius. Tophus ...... 233 Machines...... 149 Touchstone...... 253 Curio, Claudius. White schist...... 234 Love of gold ...... 9 Zinc ...... 409 INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES. 633

PAGE PAGE De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum ... E liza b e t h , Q u e e n of E n g l a n d . ... 594 ; 600 ; III; VII; XII ; X III Charters to alum makers...... 283 ; 570 Earths ...... 48 Dedication of Italian De Re ­ Gangue minerals...... 48 lica to ...... XV Gold in alluvial ...... 76 Importation of German miners ... 283 ; 570 Ground w aters...... 48 E l o y , N. F. J...... 599 J uices ...... 52 E n tzelt (Enzelius, Encelio)...... 615 Metals ...... 51 E r a s m u s ...... VI; VIII; XIV Solidified juices ...... 49 E rck er, L aza r u s. Stones ...... 49 Amalgamation ...... 300 Touchstone...... 253 Liquation...... 491 ; 505 Veins ...... 47 Nitric acid preparation ...... 443 De Ortu Metallorum Defensio ad J. Parting gold and silver ...... 444 ; 461 S c h e c k iu m ...... 604 E r ip h y l e . D e Peste ...... 6 0 5 ; VIII Love of gold ...... 9 De Precio Metallorum et Monetis .... 597 ; 600 E rn est, E lector of Sa x o n y ...... VIII Mention by Agricola...... 252 ; 264 E u r ip id e s. De Putredine solidas partes, etc...... 605 Amber mentioned b y ...... 35 D e Re M etallica ...... I; XIII; XIV--XVI Plutus ...... 8 ; 7 Editions ...... 600 ; XIV E ze k ie l , P ro p h et. Title p a ge...... XIX Antimony ...... 428 D e S o to , F e r n a n d e s ...... V Cupellation ...... 465 D e Terrae M otu ...... 604 Tin...... 412 De Varia temperie sive Constitutione Aeris...... 604 F ab r ic iu s, Ge o r g e . De Veteribus et Novis Metallis...... Agricola's death ...... X ...... 597; 600; V II; XXVI; 5 Friendship with Agricola...... V III Agricola's training ...... VI Laudatory poem on Agricola ...... XXI Conrad ...... 24 Letters ...... I X ; X ; X I V ; X V Discovery of mines...... 36 ; 5 ; 37 Posthumous editor of Agricola. ... 603 ; 606 Gottsgaab mine...... 74 F airclough, H . R ...... I l l Devoz (de Voz), Cornelius ...... 670; 283 F ar ina to r , M a t h i a s ...... X X V I Diodorus Siculus...... 607 F e r d in a n d , K in g of A u str ia. Alum ...... 566 Agricola sent on mission to ...... X Bitumen ...... 582 Badoarius sent on mission to ...... XXVII Cupellation ...... 465 F erguson, Jo h n . Drainage of Spanish mines ...... 149 Editions of De Re Metallica...... X V I ; 599 Egyptian gold mining ...... 279 F e y r a b e n d t , Sig m u n d i ...... X V Fire-setting...... 118 F ig u ie r , L ...... 38 Lead ...... 391 F lach , Jacques. Silver from forest fires...... 36 Aljustrel tablet ...... 83 Tin...... 412 F lorio, M ichelangelo ...... X V Diogenes Laertius...... 7 ; 9 ; 10 F orster, Jo h a n n e s ...... V I Dioscorides ...... 607; 608 F ran cis, Col. G ran t ...... 267 ; 283 Alum ...... 566 F rancis I., K ing of F r a n c e ...... I X Antimony...... 428 F re d erick , E lector of Sa x o n y ... V I I I ; I X Argol ...... 234 F ro ben , publisher of De Re Metallica X I V ; X V Arsenic minerals...... I ll F rontinus, Se x t u s Ju l iu s ...... 87 Asbestos ...... 440 Bitumen ...... 584 Brass making...... 410 G a l e n . Burned lead ...... 237 Agricola’s revision of...... 605 ; V I Cadmia...... 112 Lemnian earth ...... 31 Chalcitis ...... 573 Mention by Agricola...... 2 Copper flowers...... 233 ; 538 Galerazeya sive Rev el at or Secretorumy etc. 606 Copper smelting ...... 403 G a m a , V asco d a ...... V Cupellation ...... 465 G anse (Ga u n se), Joachim ...... 2 6 7 ; 283 Distillation apparatus ...... 355 G atterer, C. W ...... 599 Dust-chambers...... 355 ; 394 G e b e r ...... XXVII; X X X ; 609 Emery ...... 115 A lu m ...... 569 Lead ...... 392 Assaying ...... 219 Lead minerals ...... 477 Cem entation...... 459 Lemnian earth...... 31 Cupels ...... 466 Litharge ...... 465 Nitric acid ...... 460 Lodestone...... 115 Origin of metals ...... 44 Melanteria ...... 573 Precipitation of silver nitrate ...... 443 Misy ...... 573 Genesis, Book of ...... X I I ; 43 Naphtha ...... 584 G eorge, D u k e of Sa x o n y ...... I X ; 310 ; 310 Pompholyx ...... 394; 410 G esn e r , Co n rad ...... 52 Quicksilver ...... 297; 432 G ib b o n , E d w a r d ...... 119 Red-lead ...... 232 G l a u b e r , J. R ...... 410 Sal-ammoniac ...... 560 G lu c k , Cuntz von (see Conrad). Sory ...... 573 G m e lin , J. F ...... 84 Spodos ...... 394 Gocher, C. G ...... 599 Verdigris ...... 440 G odolphin, Sir F rancis ...... 282 Vitriol ...... 572 G o w l a n d , W ill ia m . White-lead ...... 440 Ancient bronze...... 410; 411; 421 Diphilus ...... 27 ; 83 Early smelting...... 402 Diphilus (poet).. G raecus, M arcus. Gold...... 10 Saltpetre ...... 562 Dominatores Saxonici...... 606 G rommestetter, P a u l ...... 281 Draud, G...... 599 G r ym a ld o , L eodigaris ...... X V I Dudae. G y g e s , K in g of L y d ia . Alum trade...... 569 Mines owned by ...... 26 ; 27 634 INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES

H annibal. page PAGE Alps broken by vinegar...... 119 Jove. Spanish mines...... 42 ; 42 Danae legend ...... 10 H ardy, W illiam ...... 85 Ju s t in ...... 35 H eath, T homas. Juvenal. On Hero ...... 129 Money ...... 10 H eliodorus (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXIX H enckel, J. F...... 53; 112; 410 K arsten, K. J. B. H endrie, R...... 609 Liquation... 491; 492; 505; 509; 523 ; 535 H ennebert, E ...... 119 K erl, B runo. H enry, D uke of Br u n sw ick...... VII Liquation...... 505 H enry, D uke of Me isse n ...... IX K onig, E manuel ...... XV H ermes (alchemist)...... XXVI; XXVIII K onig, L udwig ...... XV H ermes (Mercury). K opp, D r. H e r m a n n ...... 609 ; 441 Magic ro d ...... 40 H ero. Lampadius, G. A ...... 462 Underground surveying...... 129 L asthenes. H erodotus. Love of gold ...... 9 Alum ...... 566 Latin Grammar (Agricola)...... 605 Bitumen ...... 582 Leonardi, Camilli ...... 615 Lead ...... 391 Leupold, J acob ...... X V ; 599 Mines of Thrace ...... 23 Leviticus. Nitrum ...... 558 Leprosy of walls...... 562 H ertel, V alentine ...... X IV Lew is, G. R ...... 84 H iero, K ing of Syracuse. Lewis ...... 454 Crown ...... 247 Libavis, Andrew ...... 410 Hill, John ...... 607 Lieblein, J. D. C...... 129 Auripigmentum ...... I l l Linnaeus, Charles ...... 559 H imilce, wife of H a n n ib a l ...... 42 Liv y . Hippocrates. Hannibal’s march over the Alps... 119 Cupellation ...... 391; 465 Lohneys, G. E. Lodestone...... 115 Liquation...... 491; 605 H iram, K ing of Tyre. Parting with antimony ...... 451 Mines...... 214 Zinc ...... 409; 410 H ofmann, D r. R. L ucretia, daughter of A gricola. VII Biography of Agricola... V ; X I ; 599 ; 603 Lucretius. H omer. Amber ...... 35 Forest fires melting veins ...... 36 Divining rod ...... 40 ; 40 Lully, R a y m o n d ...... XXVII; X X X Lead ...... 391 Luscinus, Fabricius. Smelting ...... 402 G old...... 9; 15 Steel ...... 421 L uther, Martin...... V; VI; VIII; IX Sulphur...... 579 Lycurgus (Athenian orator). T in ...... 412 Prosecution of Diphilos...... 27 ; 83 H ommel, W. Lycurgus (Spartan legislator). Early zinc smelting ...... 409 Wealth prohibited b y ...... 9; 15 H orace. Metals ...... \i Magellan, F. de ...... V Wealth ...... 1 5 j 17 Maltitz, Sig ism u n d ...... 312 H ordeborch, Johannes...... V II Manlove, E dward ...... 70; 85 H oughstetter, Daniel ...... 283 Marbodaeus ...... 615 H oughton, T h om as...... 85 Marcellinus, A mmianus. H umphrey, W illiam. On Thucydides ...... 23 Jigging sieve ...... 283 Marcellus, N onius ...... XXXI H unt, R obert. Maria the Je w e s s ...... XXVII XXVIII Roman lead smelting ...... 392 Mathesius, Johann. Cobalt ...... 214 Inama-Sternegg, K. T. von ...... 84 Conrad mentioned b y ...... 24 Interpretatio Rerum Metallicarum. De Re Metallica ...... XIV (See Rerum Metall. Interpretatio). King Hiram’s mines ...... 214 Irene, daughter of A gricola . . . . VH Matthew Paris. Cornish miners in Germany ...... 283 Jacobi, G. H. Maurice, E lector of Sa x o n y . Biography of Agricola ...... V ; 599 XXV; VIII; IX; X Calbus ...... XXVII; 610 Maw e, J...... Jagnaux, R aoul. Maximilian, E mperor ...... 23; 24 Ancient zinc...... 409 Meissen, D ukes of {see under personal Jason. Golden fleece ...... names : Albert, Henry, etc.)...... 330 Melanchthon. # v Jeremiah. Bellows...... Relations with Agricola...... **** * ...... 362 Menander. Cupellation ...... 465 Lead smelting...... 391 Nitrum ...... Mercklinus, G. A ...... ow ...... 558 Mercury H ermes). Jezebel. (see Merlin (magician)...... XXVII; XXX Use of antimony...... 428 Meurer, W olfgang. tv . v Job. T f*ttPTQ IX f ^ Refining silver...... 465 Meyer, E rnst von ...... 248 ’ —5? Johannes (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXVIII Meyner, Matthias ...... John, Elector of Saxony ...... IX Midas, K ing of L y d ia . < John, K ing of England. Mining claims ...... Mines owned by ...... 85 Miller, F...... 4 John Frederick, E lector of Saxony IX Josephus. Minerva. ^ Dead Sea bitumen ...... Magic rod ...... 33 Morris, W...... INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES. 635

PAGE PAGE Mosellanus, Petrus ...... VI PlZARRO, F ...... V Moses. Plateanus, Pe t r u s ...... X IV Bitumen ...... 582 Plautus. Lead ...... 391 G old ...... 10 Refining gold ...... 399 Pliny (Caius Plinius Secundus) ... XXVI ; 608 Rod of Horeb ...... 38 ; 40 Alluvial mining ...... 331 ; 333 Muller, Max. Alum ...... 566 Ancient iron...... 421 Amalgamation ...... 297 Amber ...... 35 Naevius. A ntim ony...... 428 Money ...... 20 Argol ...... 234 Nash, W. G. A rrhenicum ...... Ill Rio Tinto mine ...... 149 Asbestos ...... 440 Naumachius. Bitumen ...... 3 3 ; 583 Gold and silver ...... 8 B ra ss...... 410 Neckam, A lexander British miners...... 83 Compass ...... 57 Cadmia...... 112 Newcomen, T homas ...... 149 Cementation...... 459 Nicander. Chrysocolla...... 560 On coal ...... 34 Copper flowers and scales...... 233 ; 538 Nicias. Copper smelting ...... 404 Sosias and slaves of ...... 25 ; 25 Cupellation ...... 466 Nutzlich Bergbuchlin... 610 ; XXVI ; X XVII Drainage of Spanish mines ...... 149 Alluvial gold ...... 75 Electrum ...... 458 Bismuth ...... 110; 433 Fire-setting...... 118 Compass ...... 57 ; 129 G alena...... 476 Ore-deposits...... 44 Glass...... 585 ; 586 Ore-shoots ...... 43 Hannibal’s silver mine ...... 42 ; 42 Veins ...... 43; 46; 73 Hoisting ore...... 157 ; 157 Iron ...... 11 Olympiodorus (alchemist)... X X V II; XXX Jew-stone ...... 115 Oppel, van (see V an Oppel). Lead ...... 392 Orus Chrysorichites (alchemist) ... Lemnian earth...... 31 ...... X X V I I ; X X V III Litharge ...... 475; 466; 501 Osthanes (alchemist) ...... XXVII ; X X IX Lodestone...... 115 Otho the Great ...... 6 Manganese (?) ...... 586 Otho, Prince...... 6 Metallurgical appliances...... 355 Ovid. M isy ...... 573 Mining censured by ...... 7 Molybdaena ...... 466; 476 Naphtha ...... 583 Pandulfus An g l u s ...... XXVI Nitrum ...... 560 Pantaenetus. Ore-dressing ...... 281 Demosthenes’ oration against...... 27 ; 83 Outcrops ...... 65 Pantheus, A ugustinus (alchemist). XXVII Pompholyx ...... 396 Paracelsus...... XIV; XXX Protection from poison ...... 215 Divining rod ...... 38 Quicksilver ...... 433 Zinc ...... 112; 409 Red-lead ...... 232 Paris, Matthew (See Matthew P aris). Roasting ...... 267 Pebichius (alchemist)...... X X V II; XXVIII Sal-ammoniac ...... 560 Pelagius (alchemist) ...... XXVII Salt from wood ...... 558 Pennent, T homas...... 570 Silver-lead smelting ...... 392 Percy, John. Sory ...... 573 Cementation...... 454 ; 459 Spodos ...... 396 Cupellation ...... 465 Stannum ...... 473 Liquation...... 491 Tin, Spanish...... 412 Parting with antimony ...... 451 ; 452 Tophus ...... 233 Peregrinus, Petrus. Touchstone...... 256 ; 253 Compass ...... 57 Turfs in sluices ...... 331 ; 332 Petasius (alchemist)...... X X V II; XXVIII Vena ...... 43 Petrie, W. M. F. Ventilation with wet cloths ...... 210; 210 Egyptian iron ...... 421 Verdigris ...... 440 Mt. Sinai copper...... 402 Vitriol ...... 572 Pettus, Sir John ...... XVI; 283 White-lead ...... 440 Phaenippus. Pl u ta r c h ...... 25 Demosthenes’ oration against...... 27 ; 83 Pluto ...... 216 P haeton’s sisters...... 35 Polybius. Pherecrates...... XXVI Ore washing...... 281 Philemon. Silver-lead smelting ...... 392; 465 Riches ...... 7 Polymnestor, K ing of T hrace. Philip of Macedonia ...... 27 Love of gold ...... 6 ; 16 Philip. P e t e r ...... 282 P6rtner, H ans ...... Phillips, J. A ...... 410 Posepny, Fr a n z ...... Philo. Posidonius. Lost work on mining ...... XXVI Asphalt and naphtha...... Phocion. Drainage of Spanish mines Bribe of Alexander...... 9; 15 Silver from forest fires ..... Phocylides. Priam, K ing of T roy. Gold...... 7 Gold mines of ...... 26 : 27 Photius ...... 279 Probierbuchlein...... 612; XXVI Fire-setting...... 118 Amalgamation ...... 2a7 Pindar. Antimnnv ...... 430 Wealth ...... 19; 252 Assaying ...... 2*20 Pius II, P ope. Assav ton ...... 242 Alum maker...... 570 Bismuth ...... 433 636 INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.

PAGE page Probierbuchlein. Solomon, K ing. Cementation...... 454 Cobalt in mines 214 Nitric acid ...... 439 Solon. Parting...... 461; 462 ; 463 Scarcity of silver under...... 27 Precipitation of silver nitrate ...... 443 Sosias, the T hracian. Residues from distillation of nitric Slaves employed by ...... 25 acid ...... 235; 443 Stahl, G. E ...... 53 Roasting ...... 267 Staunton, Sir Geo r g e...... 409 Stock fluxes...... 235 ; 236 Stephanus (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXX Touchstone...... 253 Stephenson, George ...... 149 P ropertius. Strabo...... 607 Gold...... 10 Arsenical minerals...... I l l Pryce, William. Asbestos ...... 440 Adam’s fall...... 353 Asphalt...... 584 ; 33 Divining rod ...... 38 Bellows...... 362 Juices ...... 1 Cementation...... 458 Ore-deposits...... 53 Cupellation ...... 465 Stamp-mill ...... 282 Drainage of Spanish mines ...... 149 Stringers ...... 70 Forest fires melting veins ...... 36 Psalms. High stacks ...... 355 Silver refining ...... 465 Lydian mines...... 26 ; 27 Pulsifer, Wm. H...... 391 Mt. Laurion ...... 27 P ygmalion. Silver-lead smelting ...... 391 Love of gold ...... 9; 16 Spanish ore-washing...... 281 Zinc (?)...... 409 R achaidibus (alchemist) ...... XXVII Strato RAMESES I. Lost work on mines XXVI; XXVII; X II Map of mines...... 129 Struve, B. G...... 599 Rameses III. (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXIX Leaden objects dating from ...... 391 R aspe, R. E...... 300 T an ta lu s...... 27 Rawlinson, Ge o r g e ...... 583 T aphnutia (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXVIII R a y , P. Chandra. T apping, T homas ...... 85 Indian zinc...... 409 T hales of Miletus. Raymond, Rossiter W ...... 38 Amber ...... 35 Rechter Gebrauch der Alchimey...... 606 T hemistocles. Rerum Metallicarum Interpretatio.... Athenian mine royalties ...... 27 ...... 597; VII; 600 T heodor, son of Agricola ...... VII Reuss, F. A...... 599 T heognis. Richter, A. D...... V ; 599 Cupellation ...... 465 Rodianus (alchemist) ...... XXVII; XXVIII On greed...... 18 Rossler, B ...... 53 Plutus ...... 8 Royal Geological Society of Refining gold ...... 399 Cornwall ...... 84 Theological Tracts (Agricola)...... 605 RAhlein von K albe (see Calbus). T heophilus (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXVIII T heophilus the Monk ...... 609 Salmoneus. Brass making...... 410 Lightning...... 11 Calamine...... 112 Sandwich, E arl of, trans. Barba’s Cementation...... 459 book , ...... 300 Copper refining ...... 536 Sappho. Copper smelting ...... 405 Wealth ...... 19 Cupels ...... 466 Savery, T homas ...... 149 Divining rod ...... 38 Saxony, D ukes and E lectors of. Liquation...... 494 (See under personal names : Albert, Metallurgical appliances...... 355 Ernest, etc.). Parting with sulphur...... 461 Schliemann, H ...... 391 Roasting ...... 267 Schluter, C.A. T heophrastus ...... X I I ; 607 Artificial zinc vitriol...... 572 Amber ...... 35 Copper refining ...... 535 Arsenical minerals...... *...... Ill Cupellation ...... 464 Asbestos ...... 440 Liquation...... 491; 505 Assaying ...... 219 Parting with sulphur...... 462 Coal ...... 34 Schmid, F. A ...... V ; XV; 599 Copper minerals ...... 110 Schnabel and L ewis ...... 465 Copper ore ...... 403 Scott, Sir Walter. Emery ...... 115 “ Antiquary ” ...... 300 Lodestone...... 115 Seneca. Lost works ...... ::::::: x x v i; 403 Wealth o f ...... 15 Origin of minerals...... 44 Seneferu. Parting precious metals . . 458 Copper mines ...... 402 Quicksilver ...... ' ’7.7.... 297; 432 Seti I. Touchstone...... 252 Map of mine ...... 129 Verdigris...... 440 Shaw, P e t e r ...... XXVIII Vermilion...... 232 Shoo K ing. White-lead ...... 391; 440 462 Copper and lead ...... 391; 402 T hompson, L e w is ...... Iron ...... 421 T hoth. Shutz, Christopher ...... 283 Hermes Trismegistos...... XXIX Sigfrido, Joanne. T hotmes III. Ed. Agricola’s works ...... XV Lead ...... 391; 582 Socrates. T hucydides. Riches ...... 7 ; 9 ; 14; 18 Mining prefect...... 23; 23; 95 Solinus, C. Julius. T ibullus. Solifuga...... 216; 216 Wealth condemned by .... 1« INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES 637

PAGE page Timocles. Vitruvius. Riches ...... 8 Pumps...... 174 ; 149 Timocreon of Rhodes. Red-lead ...... 232 Plutus ...... 7 Surveying ...... 129 Tournefort, Joseph P. D e ...... 566 Verdigris ...... 440 Tubal Cain. White-lead ...... 440 Instructor in ...... 353 Vladislaus III., King of Poland. 24 Tursius ...... 24 V on Oppel (see V an Oppel). T wain, M ark. Voz, Cornelius de (see D evoz, Merlin ...... X X X Cornelius). Typographia Mysnae et Toringiae .... 605 W allerius, J. G...... 234 ; 273 Ulloa, D on Antonio De ...... 298 W att, Ja m e s ...... 149 Ulysses. W att, R obert ...... X X V II Magic rod ...... 40 W efring, B asilius ...... XIV. W eindle, Caspar...... 119 Valentine, Basil...... X X X ; 609 W einart, B. G...... 599 Antimony ...... 429 W eller, J. G...... V Divining rod ...... 38 W erner, A. G...... X I I I ; 53 Parting with antimony ...... 461 W ilkinson, J. Gardner. Zinc ...... 409 Bitumen ...... 582 Valerius, son of A gricola ...... VII Egyptian bellows ...... 362 Van der Linden, J. A ...... 599 Egyptian gold-washing ...... 279 Van Oppel...... XIII ; 52 W illiams, John ...... 53 V arro, Marcus ...... XXVI W inkler, K. A ...... 464 Vasco da Gama (see Gama, Vasco da). W rottiam, W illiam d e ...... 85; 413; 473 Veiga, Estacia de ...... 83 Velasco, D om Pedro De ...... 298 X enophon. Veradianus (alchemist) ... XXVI8 ; X X VIII Athenian m ines...... 28 ; 83 ; 27 ; 29 Villa N ova, Arnold D e (alchemist) Fruitfulness of m ines...... 6 XXVII; XXX Mining companies ...... 90 Virgil. Mine slaves ...... 25 ; 28 Avarice condemned by ...... 16 Quoted by Agricola ...... 26 ; 28 Vitruvius ...... 608 Amalgamation ...... 297 Zimmerman, C. F ...... 53 Hiero's Crown...... 248 Zosimus (alchemist)...... XXVII; XXIX