Pirotechnia (Paperback, New Impression)

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.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Pirotechnia
Release date:	March 1966
First published:	1959
Authors:	Vannoccio Biringuccio
Editors:	Cyril Stanley Smith • Martha Teach Gnudi
Dimensions:	203 x 137 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	477
Edition:	New Impression
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-52017-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-262-52017-6
Barcode:	9780262520171

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