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Title: Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII. qvibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint. Eivsdem De animantibvs svbterraneis liber, ab autore recognitus: cum indicibus diuersis, quicqiuid in opere tractatum est, pulchré demonstrantibus
Year: 1556 (1550s)
Authors: Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555
Subjects: Metallurgy Mineral industries Zoology
Publisher: Basileae : (Apvd Hieron Frobenivm et Nicolavm Episcopivm)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ne his omnibus nietallorum conflatura, ad quam nunc aggrcdiar,ficri non poflit. Venarum autem auri, argenti, ds:* ns,plumbi nigri irt fornacibus excoquendarum quatuor funt rationes: una auri uel argenti diuitum,altera mediocrium, tertia pauperum, quarta earu, quzc aes uel plumbum in fe continent: fiue preciofum metallum in eis iv\(\x.y fiue illo careant. Prima uenarum ejiJcoAio perficitur in fornace, cuius os ad tempus claufum efi:: reliquac tres in fornacibus,quaru os fempcr patet.Sed primo dicam quomodo fornaces ad excoquendas uenas fint pracparandac: bc de prima excoquendi ratione.Puluis quidem e quo focus & catinus con fici folent, fit ex carbonibus &^ terra:carbones pilis fubiecfti cotunduntur in capfa:quac priore parte fuperius occluditur tabella,inferius ex eius parte pa tente carbones in puluerem contriti excidunt.Pila uero non funt praeferra^ ta,(ed hgnea prorfuSt Attamen ima parte lato circulo ferreo cinguntur* CArlones A* Ct^i B4 Ptltf C* Puluifi 304 DE RE METALLICA
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