Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              also are able to signify the intermediate directions by means of the names of
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              the winds. </s>
              <s>For instance, if a vein runs from VI east to VI west, it is said
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              to proceed from
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              Subsolanus
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              (east wind) to
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              Favoníus
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              (west wind); but one
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              which proceeds from between V and VI of the east to between V and VI
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              west is said to proceed out of the middle of
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              Carbas
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              and
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              Subsolanus
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              to between
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              Argestes
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              and
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              Favoníus;
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              the remaining directions, and their intermediates
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              are similarly designated. </s>
              <s>The miner, on account of the natural properties
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              of a magnet, by which the needle points to the south, must fix the instru­
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              ment already described so that east is to the left and west to the right.</s>
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              <s>In a similar way to
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              venae profundae,
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              the
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              venae dilatatae
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              vary in their
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              lateral directions, and we are able to understand from the seams in the
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              rocks in which direction they extend into the ground. </s>
              <s>For if these incline
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              toward the west in depth, the vein is said to extend from east to west;
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              if on the contrary, they incline toward the east, the vein is said to go from
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              west to east. </s>
              <s>In the same way, from the rock seams we can determine
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              veins running south and north, or the reverse, and likewise to the
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              subordinate directions and their intermediates.</s>
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              <s>A, B—
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              Venae dilatatae.
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              <s> C—
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              Seams in the Rocks.
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              <s>Further, as regards the question of direction of a
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              vena profunda,
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              one
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              runs straight from one quarter of the earth to that quarter which is opposite,
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              while another one runs in a curve, in which case it may happen that a vein
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              proceeding from the east does not turn to the quarter opposite, which is the
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              west, but twists itself and turns to the south or the north.</s>
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