Kircher's Subterranean World

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The Subterranean World (1678 ed.)

by Athanasius Kircher, S.J. (1602-1680)

 

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Parcell, W., accepted/in press, Athanasius Kircher's Mundus Subterraneus (1678). Abridged translation and commentary. Geological Society of America Special Publication 568.

 

Volume I

Vol 1. Front Matter and Preface
Book 1: Elementary Geometry and Physico-mathematics
Book 2: On the creation of the terrestrial globe
Book 3: Hydrography
Book 4: Pyrologus- about fire
Book 5: Origin of lakes, fountains and rivers
Book 6: The fourth element we call Earth
Book 7: Nature, properties and uses of minerals or fossils

 

Volume II

Vol 2. Front Matter
Book 8: Of Stones in general
Book 9: On the Poisonous and Lethiferous Fruits of the Underground World
Book 10: Metallurgy and Metallic Arts
Book 11: Chemical Apparatus of the Earth
Book 12: The Ape of Nature

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