Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>A—SMALL BATEA. B—ROPE. C—LARGE BATEA.
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their necks. </
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is our authority that among the ancients everything
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which was mined was carried out on men's shoulders, but in truth this
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method of carrying forth burdens is onerous, since it causes great fatigue
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to a great number of men, and involves a large expenditure for labour; for
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this reason it has been rejected and abandoned in our day. </
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>The length of
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the larger batea is as much as three feet, the width up to a foot and a palm.
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>In these bateas the metallic earth is washed for the purpose of testing it.</
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>Water-vessels differ both in the use to which they are put and in the
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material of which they are made; some draw the water from the shafts and
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pour it into other things, as dippers; while some of the vessels filled with
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water are drawn out by machines, as buckets and bags; some are made of
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wood, as the dippers and buckets, and others of hides, as the bags. </
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water-buckets, just like the buckets which are filled with dry material, are of
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two kinds, the smaller and the larger, but these are unlike the other buckets at
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the top, as in this case they are narrower, in order that the water may not be
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spilled by being bumped against the timbers when they are being drawn out
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of the shafts, especially those considerably inclined. </
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>The water is poured
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into these buckets by dippers, which are small wooden buckets, but unlike the
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water-buckets, they are neither narrow at the top nor bound with iron hoops,
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but with hazel,—because there is no necessity for either. </
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are drawn up by machines turned by men, the larger ones by those turned by
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horses.</
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