Agricola, Georgius
,
De re metallica
,
1912/1950
Text
Text Image
Image
XML
Thumbnail overview
Document information
None
Concordance
Figures
Thumbnails
Page concordance
<
1 - 30
31 - 60
61 - 90
91 - 120
121 - 150
151 - 180
181 - 210
211 - 240
241 - 270
271 - 300
301 - 330
331 - 360
361 - 390
391 - 420
421 - 450
451 - 480
481 - 510
511 - 540
541 - 570
571 - 600
601 - 630
631 - 660
661 - 679
>
Scan
Original
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
<
1 - 30
31 - 60
61 - 90
91 - 120
121 - 150
151 - 180
181 - 210
211 - 240
241 - 270
271 - 300
301 - 330
331 - 360
361 - 390
391 - 420
421 - 450
451 - 480
481 - 510
511 - 540
541 - 570
571 - 600
601 - 630
631 - 660
661 - 679
>
page
|<
<
of 679
>
>|
<
archimedes
>
<
text
>
<
body
>
<
chap
>
<
pb
pagenum
="
334
"/>
<
figure
number
="
191
"/>
<
p
type
="
caption
">
<
s
>A—TRAY. B—BOWL-LIKE DEPRESSION. C—HANDLES.</
s
>
</
p
>
<
p
type
="
main
">
<
s
>Sand mixed with particles of gold is also washed in a tray, or in a trough
<
lb
/>
or bowl. </
s
>
<
s
>The tray is open at the further end, is either hewn out of a
<
lb
/>
squared trunk of a tree or made out of a thick plank to which side-boards
<
lb
/>
are fixed, and is three feet long, a foot and a half wide, and three digits
<
lb
/>
deep. </
s
>
<
s
>The bottom is hollowed out into the shape of an elongated bowl whose
<
lb
/>
narrow end is turned toward the head, and it has two long handles, by which
<
lb
/>
it is drawn backward and forward in the river. </
s
>
<
s
>In this way the fine sand
<
lb
/>
is washed, whether it contains particles of gold or the little black stones from
<
lb
/>
which tin is made.</
s
>
</
p
>
<
p
type
="
main
">
<
s
>The Italians who come to the German mountains seeking gold, in order
<
lb
/>
to wash the river sand which contains gold-dust and garnets,
<
emph
type
="
sup
"/>
19
<
emph.end
type
="
sup
"/>
use a fairly
<
lb
/>
long shallow trough hewn out of a tree, rounded within and without, open
<
lb
/>
at one end and closed at the other, which they turn in the bed of the stream
<
lb
/>
in such a way that the water does not dash into it, but flows in gently.
<
lb
/>
</
s
>
<
s
>They stir the sand, which they throw into it, with a wooden hoe, also
<
lb
/>
rounded. </
s
>
<
s
>To prevent the particles of gold or garnets from running out with
<
lb
/>
the light sand, they close the end with a board similarly rounded, but lower
<
lb
/>
than the sides of the trough. </
s
>
<
s
>The concentrates of gold or garnets which, </
s
>
</
p
>
</
chap
>
</
body
>
</
text
>
</
archimedes
>