Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>A—NILE. B—NITRUM-PITS, SUCH AS I CONJECTURE THEM TO BE.
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verted into
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nítrum.
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> Just as the sea, in flowing of its own will over the soil
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of this same Egypt, is changed into salt, so also the Nile, when it overflows
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in the dog days, is converted into
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nitrum
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when it flows into the
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nítrum
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pits.
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nitrum
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is produced is obtained from fresh water
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percolating through
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nitrous
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earth, in the same manner as lye is made from
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fresh water percolating through ashes of oak or hard oak. </
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are taken out of vats and poured into rectangular copper caldrons, and are
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boiled until at last they condense into
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nitrum.
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