Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>A—RECTANGULAR IRON BANDS ON TRUCK. B—ITS IRON STRAPS. C—IRON AXLE.
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              D—WOODEN ROLLERS. E—SMALL IRON KEYS. F—LARGE BLUNT IRON PIN.
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              G—SAME TRUCK UPSIDE DOWN.</s>
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              <s>The open truck has a capacity half as large again as a wheelbarrow; it is
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              about four feet long and about two and a half feet wide and deep; and since
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              its shape is rectangular, it is bound together with three rectangular iron
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              bands, and besides these there are iron straps on all sides. </s>
              <s>Two small iron
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              axles are fixed to the bottom, around the ends of which wooden rollers revolve
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              on either side; in order that the rollers shall not fall off the immovable
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              axles, there are small iron keys. </s>
              <s>A large blunt pin fixed to the bottom of the
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              truck runs in a groove of a plank in such a way that the truck does not
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              leave the beaten track. </s>
              <s>Holding the back part with his hands, the carrier
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              pushes out the truck laden with excavated material, and pushes it back
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              again empty. </s>
              <s>Some people call it a “dog”
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              , because when it moves it
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              makes a noise which seems to them not unlike the bark of a dog. </s>
              <s>This truck
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              is used when they draw loads out of the longest tunnels, both because it is
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              moved more easily and because a heavier load can be placed in it.</s>
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              <s>Bateas
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              are hollowed out of a single block of wood; the smaller kind
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              are generally two feet long and one foot wide. </s>
              <s>When they have been
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              filled with ore, especially when but little is dug from the shafts and tunnels,
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              men either carry them out on their shoulders, or bear them away hung from
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              </s>
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