Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>SHAPE OF A SQUARE MEER.
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multiplication is the total number of square fathoms in the long meer. </
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example, the double measure is fourteen fathoms long and seven broad,
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which two numbers multiplied together make ninety-eight square fathoms.</
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>Since meers vary in shape according to the different varieties of veins
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it is necessary for me to go more into detail concerning them and
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their measurements. </
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vena profunda,
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the head meer is
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composed of three double measures, therefore it is forty-two fathoms in
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length and seven in width, which numbers multiplied together give two
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hundred and ninety-four square fathoms, and by these limits the
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Bergmeíster
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bounds the owner's rights in a head-meer.</
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ever side of the head meer it lies, or whatever its number in order may be,
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that is to say, whether next to the head meer, or second, third, or any later
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number. </
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multiplying the length by the width we get one hundred and ninety-six
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square fathoms, which is the extent of the meer, and by these boundaries
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the
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Bergmeíster
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defines the right of the owner or company over each mine.</
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