DEDICATION

-dy The Latin word "studium" (study or zeal) began on the previous page and concludes here as "-dium." to call forth those things which I once discussed regarding this cause in my Mineralogy term: Mineralogy (Mineralogia). In the 17th century, this field encompassed the study of ores, salts, and the chemical extraction of metals., which was printed here and released to the public. This much at least, with your permission, Illustrious Men, it is pleasing to point out for the sake of defending the dignity of this most excellent art: that it serves to sacredly probe the secrets of nature, and especially to piously scrutinize and admire the most profound Wisdom of the Divine Majesty, which He has abundantly bestowed upon this branch of learning for more than one reason.

DEDICATION

-tain The Latin word "pertinere" (to pertain or relate) is split across the page break; the syllable "-nere" completes the word.. I have detected the clear footprints of this Wisdom so many times, and felt them as if with my own hand, whenever I entered and surveyed the metal mines among the Saxons, Pannonians People from the region of Pannonia, an ancient Roman province covering parts of modern-day Hungary, Austria, and the Balkans., and Swedes—not without risk to my own life—and engaged in frequent conversations with men most skilled in metallic affairs. We spoke of the nature and powers of fossils term: fossils (fossilium). In early modern science, this referred broadly to anything "dug up" from the earth, including minerals, ores, and stones, rather than specifically prehistoric remains., that unique method of treating them, the science of transmutation, and the art of separation term: art of separation (separandi artificio). The chemical process of refining metals or isolating specific substances from a complex mineral compound. by which minerals are to be distinguished, as well as other remarkable observations, the importance of which in the matter...