Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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similarly straight and at such an angle, that with its upper end it may reach
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the upper end of the second cord, and with its lower end the last end of the
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first cord. </
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>The length of the third cord shows the depth of the shaft, as I
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said before, and at the same time that point on the tunnel to which the shaft
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will reach when it has been sunk.</
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>If one or more shafts reach the tunnel through intermediate drifts and
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shafts, the surveyor, starting from the nearest which is open to the air,
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measures in a shorter time the depth of the shaft which requires to be sunk,
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than if he starts from the mouth of the tunnel. </
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>First of all he measures
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that space on the surface which lies between the shaft which has been sunk
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and the one which requires to be sunk. </
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the shafts which it is necessary to measure, and the length of all the drifts
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with which they are in any way connected to the tunnel. </
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measures part of the tunnel; and when all this is properly done, he demonĀ
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strates the depth of the shaft and the point in the tunnel to which the shaft
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will reach. </
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at the same place where there is a previous inclined shaft, and to the same
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depth, in order that loads may be raised and drawn straight up by machines.
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<
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by the same means, and also by water-power. </
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necessary to sink such a shaft, the surveyor first of all fixes an iron screw
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in the upper part of the old shaft, and from the screw he lets down a cord
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as far as the first angle, where again he fixes a screw, and again lets down the
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cord as far as the second angle; this he repeats again and again until the
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cord reaches to the bottom of the shaft. </
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applies a hemicycle, and marks the waxed semi-circle according to the lines
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which the tongue indicates, and designates it by a number, in case it should be
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moved; then he measures the separate parts of the cord with another cord
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made of linden bark. </
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he goes away and transfers the markings from the waxed semi-circle of the
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hemicycle to an orbis similarly waxed. </
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surveyor's field, and he measures the angles, as the system of measuring by
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triangles requires, and ascertains which part of the footwall and which
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part of the hangingwall rock must be cut away in order that the shaft may
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descend straight. </
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mine, the spot in a drift or a tunnel in which a shaft needs to be raised
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from the bottom upward, that it should cut through more quickly, he
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begins measuring from the bottom of the drift or tunnel, at a point
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beyond the spot at which the bottom of the shaft will arrive, when it has been
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sunk. </
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shaft which connects with an upper drift, he measures the incline of this
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shaft by applying a hemicycle or orbis to the cord. </
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he measures the upper drift and the incline shaft which is sunk therein
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toward which a raise is being dug, then again all the cords are stretched in
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the surveyor's field, the last cord in such a way that it reaches the first, and
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then he measures them. </
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