Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>A—SMALL BATEA. B—ROPE. C—LARGE BATEA.
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              their necks. </s>
              <s>Pliny
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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. </s>
              <s>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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              <s>In these bateas the metallic earth is washed for the purpose of testing it.</s>
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              <s>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. </s>
              <s>The
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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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>The smaller buckets
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              are drawn up by machines turned by men, the larger ones by those turned by
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              horses.</s>
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