Divining science : : treasure hunting and earth science in early modern Germany / / by Warren Alexander Dym.
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 ver...
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Dym, Warren Alexander. Divining science : treasure hunting and earth science in early modern Germany / by Warren Alexander Dym. 1st ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. 1 online resource (230 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Studies in Central European histories ; v. 52 Description based upon print version of record. English Preliminary Material / W. Dym -- Introduction / W. Dym -- 1. White Gold On Spitzberg Hill / W. Dym -- 2. Magic, Witchcraft, And The Nature Of The Rod / W. Dym -- 3. Mining Science: Vernacular Knowledge / W. Dym -- 4. True Stories Of Freiberg Dowsers / W. Dym -- 5. The Murderous Matter: Dowsing And New Science / W. Dym -- 6. The Electric Rod: Dowsing And The Freiberg Mining Academy / W. Dym -- Conclusion / W. Dym -- Selected Bibliography / W. Dym -- Index Of Subjects, Names, And Places / W. Dym -- Studies In Central European Histories / W. Dym. 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. Metallurgy Germany Saxony History 18th century. Dowsing Germany Saxony History 18th century. Geochemical prospecting Germany Saxony History 18th century. Geophysics Germany Saxony History 18th century. 90-04-18642-5 Studies in Central European histories ; v. 52. |
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