Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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weights in one pan, and in the other, ore or metal as heavy as that weight.
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silver, which, when the assay is completed, settle in the bottom of the cupel.
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of the lesser weights of ore or metal alloy, the same greater weight of metal
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is smelted from a
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of the greater weight of ore or metal alloy.</
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>A—FIRST SMALL BALANCE. B—SECOND. C—THIRD, PLACED IN A CASE.</
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>END OF BOOK VII.</
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