Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>SHAPE OF A MEER.</
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>Now we call that part of the vein which is first discovered and mined,
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the head-meer, because all the other meers run from it, just as the nerves
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from the head. </
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Bergmeíster
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begins his measurements from it, and the
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reason why he apportions a larger area to the head-meer than to the others, is
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that he may give a suitable reward to the one who first found the vein
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and may encourage others to search for veins. </
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to a torrent, or river, or stream, if the last meer cannot be completed
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it is called a fraction
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Bergmeister
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grants the right of mining it to him who makes the first application, but if
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it is the size of a single measure or a little over, he divides it between the
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nearest meers on either side of it. </
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>It is the custom among miners that
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the first meer beyond a stream on that part of the vein on the opposite
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side is a new head-meer, and they call it the “opposite,”
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while the
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other meers beyond are only ordinary meers. </
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>Formerly every head-meer
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was composed of three double measures and one single one, that is, it was
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forty-nine fathoms long and seven wide, and so if we multiply these two
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together we have three hundred and forty-three square fathoms, which
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total gives us the area of an ancient head-meer.</
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>Every ancient meer was formed of a single measure, that is to say, it
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was seven fathoms in length and width, and was therefore square. </
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memory of which miners even now call the width of every meer which is
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located on a
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vena profunda
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