Cosmographia Metallica
In his book The Living Rock, historian A.J. Wilson writes, “The history of metals is the history of civilization”. From its beginnings in simple toolmaking, to modern-day machinery and weapons, the development of metallurgy ranks second only to agriculture in its impact on human society; to be sure,...
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| Language: | en |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4422 |