Researchers are using modern materials analyses to learn about medieval metallurgical practices, depicted here in the book Kodō zuroku by the Sumitomo Family. The book dates to 1795 and describes how to extract copper from ore. Image courtesy of the East Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University Library.
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