Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>The iron crowbars are likewise of two kinds, and each kind is pointed at
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              one end. </s>
              <s>One is rounded, and with this they pierce to a shaft full of water
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              when a tunnel reaches to it; the other is flat, and with this they knock out
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              of the stopes on to the floor, the rocks which have been softened by the fire,
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              and which cannot be dislodged by the pike. </s>
              <s>A miner's pike, like a sailor's,
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              is a long rod having an iron head.</s>
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              <s>A—ROUND CROWBAR. B—FLAT CROWBAR. C—PIKE.</s>
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              <s>A—PICK. B—HOE. C—SHOVEL.</s>
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