Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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            <figure number="251"/>
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              <s>A—CAKE. B—STONE. C—HAMMER. D—BRASS WIRE. E—BUCKET CONTAINING WATER.
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              F—FURNACE FROM WHICH THE CAKE HAS BEEN TAKEN, WHICH IS STILL SMOKING.
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              G—LABOURER CARRYING A CAKE OUT OF THE WORKS.</s>
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              <s>The ashes which pass through the sieve are of the same use as they were
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              at first, for, indeed, from these and pulverised bones they make the cupels.
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              <s>Finally, when much of it has accumulated, the yellow
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              pompholyx
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              adhering to
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              the walls of the furnace, and likewise to those rings of the dome near the
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              apertures, is cleared away.</s>
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              <s>I must also describe the crane with which the dome is raised. </s>
              <s>When
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              it is made, there is first set up a rectangular upright post twelve feet
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              long, each side of which measures a foot in width. </s>
              <s>Its lower pinion turns
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              in a bronze socket set in an oak sill; there are two sills placed crosswise so </s>
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