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The Spread of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica in Late Ming China

The Spread of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica in Late Ming China

Records of bats and rodents from Venezuela

As result of recent investigations related to the inventory of the mammals from Venezuela, new data have been gathered on six bats and two rodents previously not recorded in the country, or whose distribution is known only from few specimens and localities. The material examined is deposited in the following Venezuelan institutions : Estacion Biologica de Rancho Grande (EBRG), Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS), Museo de Biologin de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV), Coleccion de Vertebrados de la Universidad de los Andes (CVULA) and Museo del Institute de Zoologia Agricola de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MIZAUCV). Measurements are given in millimeters and correspond to adult specimens. Cranial measurements of bats do not include the incisors, excepting the condylobasal length of Pteronotus gymnonotus. Nomenclature of the molar components of Oryzomys yunganus follows Reig (1977).

United States: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Decision on Rehearing in Allied Bank V. Banco Credito Agricola De Cartago. et al. (Act of State Doctrine; External Debt Renegotiation; Payment of Default on Promissory Notes)

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United States: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Decision in Allied Bank v. Banco Credito Agricola de Cartago. et al. (Act of State Doctrine; External Debt Renegotiation; Payment Default on Promissory Notes)

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The Herbert Hoover Collection of Mining and Metallurgy

Historians of technology have been well aware of the distinctive contribution made to their subject by President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover in providing the first good English translation of Georgius Agricola's De re metallica.1 It was a difficult and outstanding piece of scholarship: the fact that in over 300 years no one had been able to translate Agricola acceptably is sufficient evidence for that. When they undertook the task, the Hoovers naturally sought out all the references that might be of assistance to them, and from this search they developed an interest in collecting rare books on mining, metallurgy, engineering, and related subjects. The result of their efforts was a unique collection in this area of the history of science and technology. It contains about 1,000 items2 and is now in the Norman F. Sprague Memorial Library at Harvey Mudd College, the main science and engineering library of the Claremont Colleges. The collection was stored for many years in the basement of the Huntington Library in San Marino. Following the passing of President Hoover and his son, Herbert Hoover, Jr., the remaining family, represented by Herbert Hoover III, began to think in terms of finding a location for the books that would befit their historical and scholarly value. President Hoover had long been a close friend of William Lincoln Honnold, the mining engineer who, along with his wife, gave the funds which made possible the building of the central library of the Claremont Colleges system, and of Harvey Mudd, another mining engineer whose name is indelibly linked with the colleges-conspicuously, of course, with Harvey Mudd College. Her-

Der rechte Ort von Erkenntnissen oder: Der rechte Satz am rechten Platz: Die Rolle von Invention und Judicium in der humanistischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte

AbstractR. Agricola's De Inventione Dialectica marks the beginning of the intellectual history of the basic philosophical conceptions „systema”︁ and „method”︁. Petras Ramus' prescriptions for the dialectical disposition of arguments, i.e. the „axiomata”︁ homogenity, deduction and continuity, constitute the first „modern”︁ concept of „system”︁, whereas, half a century later, Francis Bacon's empirism seems to be only the application of the humanist „inventio”︁ to a more limited field of investigation: nature.

Colonial Silver Mining: Mexico and Peru

C OLONIAL SILVER MINING began when European techniques of production were introduced into the New World to satisfy the sustained European demand for precious metals. At first the industry formed little more than an overseas extension of the great central European mining boom of the years 1451-1540. Certainly it was then that an association of high capital investment with a remarkable range of technical innovation succeeded in pushing German silver production to unparalleled heights. Problems of drainage were solved by cutting adits several miles long beneath the lode, or by the installation of great water wheels and whims moved by teams of up to a hundred horses. As early as 1451 the invention of lead smelting facilitated the separation of silver from the copper compounds with which it was usually found. The construction of stamp mills, impelled by either water power or horses, completed the circle of improvements.' The publication of G. Agricola's De re metallica (1556), a lavishly illustrated work, hastened the diffusion of practical knowledge.2 Despite these obvious technical debts, colonial silver mining soon acquired a structure of production radically distinct from its Old World predecessor. The difference in scale was striking. Although when at its peak in the decade 1526-35 the European industry cut 350,000 marks (of 832 ounces) a year, by the close of the century its output had fallen to loo,ooo marks, a mere tenth of the American bullion imports then registered at Seville. Equally important, as early

The Guerrilla Movement in Guatemala, Part II

Ever since Cuba and Guatemala were colonized, their land has been measured in caballerias, one cabelleria being the minimum land grant made to a Spanish gentleman. Perhaps the "gentlemen" were greedier in Guatemala or the land less productive; at any rate, the Cuban caballeria measures slightly over 13 hectares [about 32 acres], whereas in Guatemala it is the rough equivalent of 54 hectares [130 acres]. The United Fruit Company (together with its subsidiary, the Compafiia Agricola de Guatemala) is the largest latifundista in Guatemala, possessing many more caballerias than any colonial gentleman could have dreamed of owning: over 5,000 (roughly 650,000 acres). Less than 8 percent of the total is cultivated.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

On the status of Aphelenchus agricola Maupas, 1900, with remarks on the genus Paraphelenchus

Recent re-examination of the paper by Maupas (1900) in which, on pp. 571–575, he describes Aphelenchus agricola de Man, and the figures 2-7 of plate 25 illustrating the same, have confirmed the writer in a view he expressed in an earlier paper (Goodey, 1928, p. 135) that Maupas was correct in identifying: the worms found by him in Algiers with Aphelenchus agricola de Man, 1881 = Aphelenchus avenae Bastian, 1805.

Ueber das Verhalten des Olivenöls in Fischconserven

Angewandte ChemieVolume 13, Issue 23 p. 559-560 Article Ueber das Verhalten des Olivenöls in Fischconserven Dr. Otto Klein, Dr. Otto Klein Estação central chimico agricola de LisboaSearch for more papers by this author Dr. Otto Klein, Dr. Otto Klein Estação central chimico agricola de LisboaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 5. Juni 1900 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.19000132302Citations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionAdd to favorites ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume13, Issue235. Juni 1900Pages 559-560 This is the German version of Angewandte Chemie. Note for articles published since 1962: Do not cite this version alone. Take me to the International Edition version with citable page numbers, DOI, and citation export. We apologize for the inconvenience. RelatedInformation