Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 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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              <s>The third is the most delicate, and by this we weigh the beads of gold or
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              silver, which, when the assay is completed, settle in the bottom of the cupel.
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              <s>But if anyone weighs lead in the second balance, or an ore in the third, he
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              will do them much injury.</s>
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              <s>Whatsoever small amount of metal is obtained from a
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              centumpondium
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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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              centumpondium
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              of the greater weight of ore or metal alloy.</s>
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              <s>A—FIRST SMALL BALANCE. B—SECOND. C—THIRD, PLACED IN A CASE.</s>
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              <s>END OF BOOK VII.</s>
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