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Bergwerk und Probierbuchlein: A Translation from the German of the Bergbuchlein A Sixteenth-Century Book on Mining Geologyand of the Probierbuchlein A Sixteenth-Century Book on Assaying

1949ref. 013913New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1949. Near Fine condition. Bright clean and tight. A presentation copy "With my compliments" dated 4.22.1949 and signed in full by Anneliese Sisco on a note card tipped to the front endpaper. With original woodcuts reproduced. "The present translations were made from the 1518 edition of the BERGBUCHLEIN and the 1534 edition of the PROBIERBUCHLEIN; but other editions were carefully examined and significant differences in earlier versions are indicated." Sisco and Smith add many interesting technical annotations and historical notes on these works the earliest printed books on the subjects. Includes a detailed publication history and descriptive bibliography of the various editions of these two books with facsimile reproductions of their title pages. Index. Limited to 1000 copies printed at Yale University Press. Designed by Carl Purington Rollins. Bound in the original tan cloth lettered in black with rubricated initial letter on the front cover. A volume from the Seeley W. Mudd series. This copy from the library of geologist and author Robert B. Sosman with his tiny ink-stamp. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". Signed presentation copy from Sisco. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Rollins Carl Purington designed by. 8vo. 196pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover

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