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portada Divining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany
Divining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern GermanyDivining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern GermanyDivining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
230
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
24.1 x 16.5 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.48 kg.
ISBN
9004186425
ISBN13
9789004186422
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Divining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany

Warren Dym (Author) · Brill · Hardcover

Divining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany - Dym, Warren

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Synopsis "Divining Science: Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany"

The study of German mining and metallurgy has focused overwhelmingly on labor, capitalism, and progressive engineering and earth science. This book addresses prospecting practices and mining culture. Using the divining, or dowsing rod as a means of exposing miner beliefs, it argues that a robust vernacular science preceded institutionalized geology in Saxony, and that the Freiberg Mining Academy (f.1765) became a site for the synthesis of tradition and new science. The tacit knowledge of dowsing was the mark of the experienced prospector, and rather than decline in importance through the Enlightenment, the practice transformed from a study of mineral vapors into an experimental branch of geophysics. Mining administrations openly hired practitioners through the eighteenth century.

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