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	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 .................................... 35 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 A See also : Bermannus. De Animantibus. De Natura eorum, etc. De Natura Fossiliutn. De Ortu et Causis. De Peste. De Predo Metallorum, De Re Metallica. De Veteribus Metallis. Etc. Agricola, Rudolph ................... 606 Albert the Brave, Duke of Meissen Vili Albertus Magnus (Albert von Bollstadt) ...................... XXX; 609 Ailuviaigoid ........................... 76 Cementation............................ 460 Metallic arsenic ........................ 111 Metals .................................... 44 Saltpetre................................. 562 Zinc ....................................... 409 Albinus, Petrus ........................ V; 699 Cuntz von Glück...................... 24 Alpinus, Prosper ...................... 659 Alyattes, King of Lydia. Mines owned by ...................... 26; 27 American Institute of Mining Engineers........................ 38; 53 Anach arsis. Invention of bellows.................. 362 Anacrbon of Teos. Money despised by .................. 9; 16 Anaxagoras. Money despised by.................... 15 Anna, daughter of Agricola ...... VII Anna, wife of Agricola ............ VII Antiphanes. On wealth............................... 19 APOLLODORUS ............................ 26 Apulejus (alchemist) .·..... XXVII; XXIX Archimedes. King Hiero's crown .................. 247 Machines................................. 149 Ardaillon, Edouard. Mt. Laurion...................... 28; 281 ; 391	PAGE 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........................... 559 Barba, Alonso........................... 300; 1 Barbarus, Hermolaus................ XXVII Barrett, W. F.......................... 38 Becher, J. J............................. 63 Bechius, Philip ........................ XV Beckmann, Johann. A lumen.................................. 565 Amalgamation......................... 297 Nitrum .................................. 559 Parting with nitric acid............. 461 Stamp-mills ............................ 281 Stannum ................................. 473 Tin........................................ 412 **Bergbüchlein (see Niltalich Bergbüchlin).** Bergwerks Lexicon ................ 37; 80; 81 Ber man, Lorenz ........................ VI; 697 Bermannus...................... 696; 699; VI Arsenical minerals..................... Ill Bismuth ................................. 3; 433 Cadmia.................................... 113 Cobalt .................................... 112 Fluorspar ............................... 381 Molybdaena ............................ 477 Schist .................................... 234 Shafts .................................... 102 Zinc ....................................... 409 Berthelot, M. P. E.................... 429 ; 609 Berthibr.................................. 492 Bias of Priene. Wealth .................................. 8; 14 Biringuccio, Vannuccio............... 614 Agricola indebted to ................ XXVII Amalgamation of silver ores....... 297 Assaying ................................. 220 Assay ton............................... 242 Brass making........................... 410 Clarifying nitric acid ................ 443

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