A philosophical and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru :
containing the nature of the ore, and the manner of working the mines, the qualities and use of quicksilver, the cleansing and refining these metals : with many useful observations concerning the assay of metals, the manner of conveying them to Europe, and remarks on the gold mines in Hungary, and those of Asia and Africa /
translated from a letter wrote [sic] in Spanish, by Father James Hernandez of the Society of Jesus ...

Description

Main Author

Hernández, Jaime, Father.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for J. Scott ..., 1755.

Subjects

Mines and mineral resources.
Silver.
Gold.
Silver mines and mining > Silver mines and mining / Peru > Silver mines and mining / Peru / Early works to 1800.
Silver mines and mining > Silver mines and mining / Mexico > Silver mines and mining / Mexico / Early works to 1800.
Gold mines and mining > Gold mines and mining / Peru > Gold mines and mining / Peru / Early works to 1800.
Gold mines and mining > Gold mines and mining / Mexico > Gold mines and mining / Mexico / Early works to 1800.
Early works

Note

No Spanish ed. in: NUC pre-1956, BLC, Sabin, Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.).

Physical Description

[2], 86 p. ; 22 cm.

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