Originally printed in 1540, this classic work on the field of
metallurgy marked the beginning of a true technological literature.
Biringuccio's Pirotechnia is the earliest printed work to cover the
whole field of metallurgy. Originally printed in Venice in 1540,
this was the first book to deal with the applied metal arts and
processes of ore reduction and to describe the techniques which had
been in development since the bronze age. Written by a master
craftsman in a time when knowledge was kept alive by the spoken
rather than the written word, this classic marked the beginning of
a true technological literature, with both craftsmanship and
science united by a writer's pen to form a record of an important
facet of man's achievement as a stimulus to further advance. After
the publication of the Pirotechnia, many followed Biringuccio's
example, and as a result of this growing literature of
technological practice and experimental fact, science eventually
became the concern of the educated man.
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