1sooner they are broken up; the less hot, the longer
it takes, for now and
then they bend into the shape of copper basins. When the first cake has
been broken, the second is put on to the other fragments and beaten until it
breaks into pieces, and the rest of the cakes are broken up in the same manner
in due order. The head of the hammer is three palms long and one wide,
and sharpened at both ends, and its handle is of wood three feet long.
When they have been broken by the stamp, if cold, or with hammers if hot,
the fragments of copper or the cakes are carried into the store-room for
copper.
then they bend into the shape of copper basins. When the first cake has
been broken, the second is put on to the other fragments and beaten until it
breaks into pieces, and the rest of the cakes are broken up in the same manner
in due order. The head of the hammer is three palms long and one wide,
and sharpened at both ends, and its handle is of wood three feet long.
When they have been broken by the stamp, if cold, or with hammers if hot,
the fragments of copper or the cakes are carried into the store-room for
copper.
A—BACK WALL. B—WALLS AT THE SIDES. C—UPRIGHT POSTS.
D—CHIMNEY.
E—THE CAKES ARRANGED. F—IRON PLATES. G—ROCKS. H—RABBLE WITH TWO
PRONGS. I—HAMMERS.
E—THE CAKES ARRANGED. F—IRON PLATES. G—ROCKS. H—RABBLE WITH TWO
PRONGS. I—HAMMERS.
The foreman of the works, according to the different proportions of
silver in each centumpondíum of copper, alloys it with lead, without which
he could not separate the silver from the copper.10 If there be a moderate
silver in each centumpondíum of copper, alloys it with lead, without which
he could not separate the silver from the copper.10 If there be a moderate