Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556

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              uerò halinitri libras tres, lapidis, qui in fornaces ardentes coniectus facile i­
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              gni liqueſcit tertij generis duas, æruginis, ſtibij, ſcobis ferri elimatæ, amian­
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              ti ſingulorum ſelibram, aquæ fontanæ libram & ſextantem. </s>
              <s id="N1B477">Atramentum
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              autem
                <expan abbr="ſutoriũ">ſutorium</expan>
              , ex quo hæ aquæ confici ſolent, omne prius reſoluatur in pul
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              uerem hoc modo. </s>
              <s id="N1B482">Ipſum inijciatur in
                <expan abbr="catinũ">catinum</expan>
              fictilem interius ſpuma argenti
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              obductum, & coquatur donec liqueſcat: tum filo æreo agitetur: poſtea refri
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              geratum teratur in puluerem: eodem modo halinitrum ui ignis liquatum et
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              refrigeratum conteratur in puluerem: quin alumen: quod tamen
                <expan abbr="quidã">quidam</expan>
              bræ
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              cteæ ferreæ impoſitum urunt, ac in puluerem reſoluunt. </s>
              <s id="N1B495">Quan quam autem
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              omnes illæ aquæ auri etiam ramentum uel puluerem ſeparant à ſpurcicía, ta
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              men ſunt quædam
                <expan abbr="cõpoſitiones">compoſitiones</expan>
              , quæ ſingularem uim
                <expan abbr="habẽt">habent</expan>
              : earum prima
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              conſtat ex æruginis libra,
                <expan abbr="atramẽti">atramenti</expan>
              ſutorij
                <expan abbr="dodrãte">dodrante</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="N1B4AE">Ad ſingulas uerò libras
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              affunditur aquæ fontanæ uel fluuialis ſextans: de qua re, ad
                <expan abbr="oẽs">omnes</expan>
                <expan abbr="cõpoſitio­nes">compoſitio­
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                nes</expan>
              pertinente, ſemel dixiſſe ſatis eſt. </s>
              <s id="N1B4BD">Altera
                <expan abbr="cõpoſitio">compoſitio</expan>
              conficitur ex auripig­
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              menti facticij, atramenti ſutorij, calcis, aluminis, cineris qua lanarum infecto
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              res utuntur ſingulorum libra, æruginis quadrante, ſtibij ſeſcuntia. </s>
              <s id="N1B4C8">Tertia ex
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                <expan abbr="atramẽti">atramenti</expan>
              ſutorij libris tribus, halinitri una, amianti ſelibra, lateris cocti item
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              ſelibra. </s>
              <s id="N1B4D2">Quarta ex halinitri libra, aluminis
                <expan abbr="itẽ">item</expan>
              libra, ſalis ammoniaci ſelibra. </s>
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              Fornax autem, in qua ualens aqua conficitur, latericia ſit & quadrangula,
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              longa quidem & lata pedes duos, alta totidem pedes & ſemiſſem præterea. </s>
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              Laminis uerò ferreis, quas ſuſtineant bacilla ferrea, tegatur. </s>
              <s id="N1B4E3">Hæ laminæ ſu­
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              perius luto obductæ in medio eorum loco habeant tantum foramen rotun
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              dum, quantum capere poſſit catinum fictilem, in quo ampulla uitrea collo­
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              catur: & ab utroque eius foraminis latere bina foramina ſpiritalia, quæ par­
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              ua ſint & ſimiliter rotunda: infima fornacis pars, ubi ad altitudinem palmi
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              aſſurrexit, rurſus laminas habeat ferreas, quas item bacilla ferrea ſuſtineant,
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              ut ipſæ laminæ carbones
                <expan abbr="ardẽtes">ardentes</expan>
              : poſt à fronte media habeat os, ignis in for
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              nacem inijciendi cauſa factum,
                <expan abbr="altũ">altum</expan>
              atque latum ſemipedem, atque ſuperius ro­
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              tundum: ſub quo ſit os ſpiritale. </s>
              <s id="N1B4FE">In catinum autem fictilem, in
                <expan abbr="foramẽ">foramen</expan>
              collo­
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              catum, inijciatur arena pura: cuius altitudo ſit ad
                <expan abbr="digitũ">digitum</expan>
              tranſuerſum: in
                <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan>
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              ampulla uitrea imponatur tam altè quàm eſt obducta luto. </s>
              <s id="N1B511">Etenim eius par
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              ti paulo plus quàm quartæ, & quidem infimæ lutum ferè liquidum octies
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              aut decies uix cultelli craſſitudine illinitur, & toties rurſus exiccatur, ut eius
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              luti craſſitudo ſit ad pollicem
                <expan abbr="trãſuerſum">tranſuerſum</expan>
              : eiuſmodi lutum cum pilis & lino
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              xylino, uel floccis à panno abraſis, & ſale, ne rimis fatiſcat, permiſtum ſit, &
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              bacillo ferreo ſæpius uerberatum. </s>
              <s id="N1B522">Tam autem multæ res, ex quibus
                <expan abbr="cõpoſitio">compoſi
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                tio</expan>
              conſtat, in ampullam non concludantur ut prorſus plena fiat, ne
                <expan abbr="">non</expan>
              ex­
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              coctæ ferantur ad operculum: id item uitreum cum ampulla linteolis, farina
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              triticea, oui albumine & aqua madefacta, illitis arctiſſime coniungatur: & ea
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              parte eis lutum, quod careat ſale, illinatur. </s>
              <s id="N1B535">Simili modo naris operculi
                <expan abbr="">cum</expan>
              al­
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              tera ampulla uitrea, quæ aquam, qua ipſa ſtillat, recipit, linteolis coniunga­
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              tur, & ea parte luto obducatur. </s>
              <s id="N1B540">Attamen
                <expan abbr="admodũ">admodum</expan>
              tenuis clauus ferreus, uel
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              cuneolus ligneus, paulo craſſior acu, inter
                <expan abbr="utrãque">utranque</expan>
              figatur, ut quoties ad hanc
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                <expan abbr="deſtillãdi">deſtillandi</expan>
              rationem artifici opus fuerit aura, extrahi poſſit. </s>
              <s id="N1B552">Ea uerò opus eſt
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              cùm halitus ualentiſſimi nimis feruntur ad ſuperiora. </s>
              <s id="N1B557">Quatuor etiam fora­</s>
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