明治三年五月小坂銀山之図(紹介)
2005 年 59 巻 3 号 p. 223-232
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2005 年 59 巻 3 号 p. 223-232
An old map entitled "Figure of the Kosaka Silver Mine in May, 1870", at the General Museum Kyodo-kan of Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, Northeast Japan, shows the modernistic silver refinement plants in Japan, built for the first time by Takato Oshima in the end period of Edo era Keio 2nd (1867). The picture of the silver refinement plants of Kosaka Mine has not known before. The author also investigated the silver metallurgy method written by Takato Oshima at the of this map. The old map is very important in the history of Japanese science, especially mining geology and metallurgy.
