Read "De Re Metallica, Translated From the First Latin Edition of 1556" by Georgius Agricola available from Rakuten Kobo. Most importantly, she discovered that she could persevere in the ‘unraveling of this great tangle of knotted string.’ She graciously thanks the Society for this medal, explaining that she was touched, grateful and surprised in equal measure. In short, the Hoovers’ annotations constituted the most comprehensive history of mining that had ever been written. The Hoovers won many accolades for their brilliant scholarship, including the first gold medal ever awarded by the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America. ... form of House-that-Jack-built sentences which have had to be at least partially broken up and the subject occasionally re-introduced. Ended: Oct 03, 2020. De Re Melallica. Translating De Re Metallica Translating De Re Metallica – spread and influence of the text into German. Approximately US $9.13 (including shipping) Shipping: Will ship to United States. And Father’s and Mother’s  position has not been as assured as it should have been since. Details about Translation of "De Re Metallica" by Herbert Hoover See original listing. And when at the age of six he won his gymnasium class’ silver medal for the running high jump –a 2’7”-he came home with pleasant curiosity the medals possessed by other members of the family. Herbert Hoover traced the history of the mining profession, beginning with Vulcan, continuing through Thucydides and Jeremiah, before closing with the observation that German mining communities were protean democracies. Lou does acknowledge that the translation of De Re Metallica was a big thing. Most importantly, she discovered that she could persevere in the ‘unraveling of this great tangle of knotted string.’ She graciously thanks the Society for this medal, explaining that she was touched, grateful and surprised in equal measure. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Website. Bibliography: p. 599-606 Addeddate 2009-10-23 14:09:28 Call number 03117789 Camera Canon 5D External-identifier Details about Translation of "De Re Metallica" by Herbert Hoover See original listing. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556. Taken all together, the speech was ambitious, erudite, and a reflection of the mettle of the man that wrote it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading De Re Metallica [English Translation]. There were other German editions in 1580 and 1621. Herbert even did laboratory experiments to check Agricola’s descriptions. A recent Hoover blog described Herbert Hoover’s speech upon accepting the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America’s Gold Medal for his contribution in translating and republishing Agricola’s De Re Metallica. Georgius Agricola. Pliny the Elder was credited for using animal bladders as a form of respiratory protective equipment for the miners. Agricola seems to have been engaged in the preparation of De Re Metallica for a period of over twenty years, for we first hear of the book in a letter from Petrus Plateanus, a schoolmaster at Joachimsthal, to the great humanist, Erasmus, in September, 1529. This will help most materially in adjusting the desire balance in the family.’, If you look closely at the photograph of the March 9, 1914 award ceremony at the Biltmore, you’ll see that Lou is at the head table, carefully reading something as the photograph is taken. ... form of House-that-Jack-built sentences which have had to be at least partially broken up and the subject occasionally re-introduced. In 1905, Lou attempted to find an adequate English translation of the medieval mining treatise De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola. Like her husband, Lou was called upon to give a speech upon receiving the gold medal. In fact, he and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, both majored in geology at Stanford University. Lou does acknowledge that the translation of De Re Metallica was a big thing. Half the work was borne by his wife, Lou Henry Hoover. Ambiguities were also sometimes found which it was necessary to carry on into the translation. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Website. She was justly awarded the same Gold Medal from the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America. Ambiguities were also sometimes found which it was necessary to carry on into the translation. Price: C $12.00 . In fact, he and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, both majored in geology at Stanford University. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Philip Bechious, a Basel University Professor, translated De Re Metallica into German in 1557, but this translation was not highly regarded. Where Herbert’s speech was broad in scope, Lou’s was more informal. It is a touching speech, downplaying the superlatives about the quality of their joint efforts. Lou decided to use her knowledge of Latin and geology, and Herbert’s knowledge of mine engineering, to attempt an authoritative translation. The blog of the Herbert Hoover Library and Museum. Before entering public service, Herbert Hoover was a successful and wealthy mining engineer. It has been made avail- able through the kind permission of Honor- able Herbert C. Hoover and Mr. Edgar Rickard, Author and Publisher, respec- tively, of the original volume. Ended: Oct 03, 2020. It may be a menu or a program for the evening’s festivities, but I like to think it is a copy of the speech that she was about to present. It has been made available through the kind permission of Honorable Herbert C. Hoover and Mr. Edgar Rickard, Author and Publisher, respectively, of the original volume. We do not present De Re Metallica as a work of "practical" value. Before entering public service, Herbert Hoover was a successful and wealthy mining engineer. The Hoovers’ translation of “De Re Metallica” was republished in 1950 by Dover, and the paperback version is still in print. They undertook detailed studies of medieval Latin semantics and medieval units of measure. The blog of the Herbert Hoover Library and Museum. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The translators were Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer (and later President of the United States), and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, a geologist and Latinist. Agricola had had to invent most of his Latin technical terms, and all the previous translators had butchered them. They worked every spare hour on it from 1907 until 1912, and their translation included extensive introductory material, footnotes, and appendices. Georgius Agricola. De Re Metallica [English Translation] - Kindle edition by Agricola, Georgius, Hoover, Lou Henry, Hoover, Herbert. Translation of "De Re Metallica" by Herbert Hoover: Condition: Good. It is unfortunate that Agricola's own countrymen have not given to the world competent translations into German, as his work has too often been judged by the German translations, the infidelity of which appears in nearly every paragraph. In 1905, Lou attempted to find an adequate English translation of the medieval mining treatise De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola. In 1912, the first English translation of De Re Metallica was privately published in London by subscription. ... "A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the Mining magazine, London, in 1912." Price: C $12.00 . She closes her remarks by noting this medal will rehabilitate her in the eyes of her family:  ‘I have a small boy who a few years ago began to measure the world in terms of cups and medals. Because classical Latin is not abundantly supplied with appropriate technical terms, and those which exist are not always clear, previous attempts at translation had proven inadequate. Translation of "De Re Metallica" by Herbert Hoover: Condition: Good. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556.

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