Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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BOOK VI.
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all, of the iron tools with which veins and rocks are
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broken, then of the buckets into which the lumps
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of earth, rock, metal, and other excavated materials
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water vessels and drains, then of the machines of
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different kinds,
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own, and besides these, there are wedges, iron blocks, iron plates, hammers,
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crowbars, pikes, picks, hoes, and shovels. </
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referred to as “iron tools” there are four varieties, which are different
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