On 23 Oct 2006, at 10:27, Curator wrote:
> Can some kind individual point in me in the direction of a description
> of, or a guide to, the processing and smelting of galena? Thanks in
> an anticipation.
Not the most recent description, but one that comes readily to mind and
a good starting point for all sorts of information about mining:
Agricola, _De Re Metalica_ (translated by Herbert Clark Hoover & Lou
Henry Hoover) New York: Dover Publications, 1950, ISBN 0486600068
A more recent source and available on-line is the 1911 Encyclopedia
Britanica http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Lead
Dave
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