Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>Others, on the contrary, run from north to south.</
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>A, B, C—VEIN. D, E, F—
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Seams in the Rocks.
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>The seams in the rocks indicate to us whether a vein runs from the
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east or from the west. </
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>For instance, if the rock seams incline toward the
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westward as they descend into the earth, the vein is said to run from east
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to west; if they incline toward the east, the vein is said to run from west
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to east; in a similar manner, we determine from the rock seams whether
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the veins run north or south.</
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>Now miners divide each quarter of the earth into six divisions; and by
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this method they apportion the earth into twenty-four directions, which they
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divide into two parts of twelve each. </
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directions is thus constructed. </
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intervals on one half portion of it right through to the other, twelve
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straight lines called by the Greeks
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and in the Latin
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dímetíentes,
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are drawn through a central point which the Greeks call
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the circle is thus divided into twenty-four divisions, all being of an equal
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size. </
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most of which has cross-lines dividing it into twenty-four equal parts; the
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space between it and the next circle contains two sets of twelve numbers,
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inscribed on the lines called “diameters”; while within the innermost circle
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it is hollowed out to contain a magnetic needle
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