Fuentes para el estudio de las ciencias exactas en Colombia

Description:

"Transcriptions, accompanied by short introductions, of mining and mineralogical treatises from Luis Sánchez de Aconcha (1616), Angel Díaz (1803), and Juan José D'Elhuyar (1786). Collection focuses on late-18th-century mining reform with Díaz's study of the Supía silver mines in Popayán and Elhuyar's description of the emerald mines of Muzo"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

subjects: Early works to 1800,  Science,  Spanish Manuscripts,  Transcriptions and commentary of works by Luis Sánchez de Aconcha, Angel Díaz, José Celestino Mutis, and Juan José D'Elhuyar,  Sources,  Geology,  Mines and mineral resources,  History,  Botanists,  Botany,  Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816),  Biography,  Food,  Composition,  Analysis,  Astronomy,  Chemistry,  Laboratory manuals,  Neostrengeria,  Natural history,  Plant diseases,  Entomology,  Insect pests,  Biological control,  Communicable diseases,  Infection,  Prevention,  Plant anatomy,  Magnoliaceae,  Classification,  Identification,  Magnolias

Places: Colombia