Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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bellows in rotation. </
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that I have in this place pursued the subject minutely, since the smelting of all
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the metals, to which I am about to proceed, could not be undertaken without
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four different methods. </
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the second for the mediocre ores, the third for the poor ores, and the fourth
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method is for those ores which contain copper or lead, whether they contain
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performed in the furnace of which the tap-hole is intermittently closed; the
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other three ores are melted in furnaces of which the tap-holes are always
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from which the hearth and forehearth should be made is composed of char
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coal and earth (clay?). The charcoal is crushed by the stamps in a mortar
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box, the front of which is closed by a board at the top, while the charcoal, </
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