INDEX TO PERSONS AND 

 AUTHORITIES. 



NOTE. The numbers in heavy type refer to the Text ; 

 those in plain type to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc. 



PAGE 



ACOSTA, JOSEPH DE 298 



AESCHYLUS. 



Amber 36 



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 <\ 



See also : 

 Bermannus. 

 De Animantibus. 

 De Natura eorum, etc, 

 Dt Natura Fossilium. 

 De Ortu et Causis. 

 De Peste. 



De Precio Metallorum, 

 De Re Metallica. 

 De Veteribus Melallis. 

 Etc. 



AGRICOLA, RUDOLPH 606 



ALBERT THE BRAVE, DUKE OF MEISSEN VIII 

 ALBERTUS MAGNUS (Albert von 



Bollstadt) XXX; 609 



Alluvial gold 78 



Cementation 460 



Metallic arsenic Ill 



Metals 44 



Saltpetre 562 



Zinc 409 



ALBINUS, PETRUS V; 599 



Cuntz von Gliick 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) .. 

 ARCHIMEDES. 



King Hiero's crown . 



Machines 



ARDAILLON, EDOUARD. 



Mt, Laurion 



XXVII; XXIX 



247 



149 



28 ; 281 ; 391 



PAGB 



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 658 



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 659 



BARBA, ALONSO 300; 1 



BARBARUS, HERMOLAUS XXVII 



BARRETT, W. F 38 



BECHER, J. J 63 



BECHIUS, PHILIP XV 



BECKMANN, JOHANN. 



Alumin 



Amalgamation 



Nitrum 



Parting with nitric acid 



Stamp-mills 



Stannum 



Tin 



Bergbiichlein (see Nutzlich Btrgbuzhlin). 



Bergwerks Lexicon 37; 80 



BERMAN, LORENZ VI; 



Betmannus 696; 599 



Arsenical minerals 



Bismuth 3; 



Cadmia 



Cobalt 



Fluorspar 



Molybdaena 



Schist 



Shafts 



Zinc 



BERTHELOT, M. P. E 429 ; 



BERTHIER 



BIAS OF PRIENE. 



Wealth 8 



BIRINGUCCIO, VANNUCCIO 



Agricola indebted to 



Amalgamation of silver ores 



Assaying 



Assay ton 



Brass making 



Clarifying nitric acid 



665 

 297 

 559 

 461 

 281 

 473 

 412 



81 

 697 



VI 

 111 

 433 

 113 

 112 

 381 

 477 

 234 

 102 

 409 

 609 

 492 



8; 14 



614 

 XXVII 



297 

 220 

 242 

 410 

 443 



