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181   $ctxt
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183   $acr
200 10$aMining in World History$b[electronic resource]
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon $cReaktion Books$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (352 p.)
225 1 $aRB-Globalities
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-86189-125-3 
327   $aMining in World History Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. The Metallurgical Renaissance; 2. The Watt Engine; 3. New Frontiers; 4. The Copper Barons; 5. The Gold Factories; 6. Mass Production; Epilogue; References; List of Maps; Index
330   $aThis book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam
410  0$aRB-Globalities
606   $aMineral industries -- History
606   $aMines and mineral resources -- History
606   $aMining engineering -- History
606   $aSmelting -- History
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606   $aMechanical Engineering$2HILCC
606   $aEngineering & Applied Sciences$2HILCC
606   $aIndustries$2HILCC
606   $aMining Engineering$2HILCC
615  4$aMineral industries -- History.
615  4$aMines and mineral resources -- History.
615  4$aMining engineering -- History.
615  4$aSmelting -- History.
615  7$aBusiness & Economics
615  7$aMechanical Engineering
615  7$aEngineering & Applied Sciences
615  7$aIndustries
615  7$aMining Engineering
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