Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>SHAPE OF A SQUARE MEER.
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              multiplication is the total number of square fathoms in the long meer. </s>
              <s>For
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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.</s>
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              <s>SHAPE OF A LONG MEER OR DOUBLE MEASURE.</s>
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              <s>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. </s>
              <s>If the vein is a
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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.</s>
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              <s>SHAPE OF A HEAD MEER.</s>
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              <s>The area of every other meer consists of two double measures, on which­
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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. </s>
              <s>Therefore, it is twenty-eight fathoms long and seven wide, so
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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.</s>
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