Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              If a
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              centumpondíum
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              of copper contains two
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              líbrae
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              and a
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              bes
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              of silver, and
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              the lead a third of a
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              libra
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              and a
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              semí-uncía,
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              there will be in each liquation
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              cake one and a half
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              líbrae
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              and a
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              semí-uncia,
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              and a little more than a
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              sicilicus
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              of silver. </s>
              <s>In the exhausted liquation cakes there remain a third of a
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              libra
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              and a
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              semi-uncia
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              of silver.</s>
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              <s>If there be in the copper only a minute proportion of silver, it cannot be
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              separated easily until it has been re-melted in other furnaces, so that in
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              the “bottoms” there remains more silver and in the “tops” less.
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              15
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              This </s>
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              <s>A—FURNACE. B—FOREHEARTH. C—DIPPING-POT. D—CAKES.
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              furnace, vaulted with unbaked bricks, is similar to an oven, and also to the
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              cupellation furnace, in which the lead is separated from silver, which I described
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              in the last book. </s>
              <s>The crucible is made of ashes, in the same manner as </s>
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