Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              diem Lunæ rurſus in puteos deſcendunt, aut ingrediuntur in cuniculos. </s>
              <s id="N143B8">In­
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              terea uis illa fumi uiroſi euaneſcit. </s>
              <s id="N143BD">Eſt etiam ubi ratio cum Orco habetur:
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              nam quidam loci metallici, licet rari ſint, ſua ſponte uirus gignunt, peſtilen­
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              temque auram exhalant: ſicut etiam quædam uenarum cauernæ, ſed hæ ſæpi
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              us graues halitus in ſe continent. </s>
              <s id="N143C6">Ad Planam Boemiæ oppidum ſunt non­
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              nulli ſpecus qui quibuſdam anni temporibus halitum ex acidulis emittunt
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              lucernas reſtinguentem, & foſſores, diutius in eis morantes, necantem. </s>
              <s id="N143CD">Pli­
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              nius quoque
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              reliquit: Depreſſis puteis ſulfurata uel aluminoſa occur­
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              rentia putearios necant, experimentum huius periculi demiſſa
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              lucer­
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              na ſi extinguatur: tunc ſecundum puteum dextra ac ſiniſtra fodiuntur æſtu
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              aria, quæ grauiorem illum halitum recipiant. </s>
              <s id="N143E0">Verum Planæ conſtruunt fol
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              les, qui graues iſtos halitus
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              huic malo medentur, de quibus ſuprà
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              dixi. </s>
              <s id="N143EB">Quinetiam interdum operarij de ſcalis in puteos delapſi brachia, cru­
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              ra, ceruices frangunt, aut decidentes in lacunas ſuffocantur: plerunque uerò
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              in cauſa eſt negligentia præſidis: cuius eſt proprium munus & ſcalas ita ue­
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              hementer ad tigna affigere ut non abrumpantur, & lacunas, ad quas putei
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              pertinent, ita firmè aſſeribus contegere, ne ipſis motis homines decidant in
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              aquas: quocirca præſes diligenter ſuum munus exequatur: tum ianua caſæ
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              non uergat in aquilonem, ne tempore hyberno ſcalæ frigoribus congelent:
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              nam id ubi factum fuerit, manus frigore rigentes, uel lubricæ ſuum tenendi
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              officium facere non poſſunt: ipſi etiam homines ſint prouidi, ne, ſi nihil ho­
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              rum fuerit, ſua cadant incuria. </s>
              <s id="N14400">Concidunt præterea montes, eaque ruina op­
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              preſsi homines intereunt. </s>
              <s id="N14405">Certè cum quondam Goſelariæ Ramesbergum
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              deſediſſet, ruinis tot homines ſunt oppreſſi, ut uno die circiter quadringen­
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              tas fœminas uiris orbatas eſſe annales loquantur: et ab hinc annos undecim
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              Aldebergi ſuffoſſi montis pars reſoluta reſedit, & ſex foſſores improuiſò
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              oppreſſit: abſorbuit
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              caſam atque unà matrem cum filiolo. </s>
              <s id="N14414">Id
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              plerunque
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              his accidit montibus, quibus uenæ ſunt cumulatæ. </s>
              <s id="N1441D">Itaque foſſores
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              fornices crebros montibus ſuſtinendis, aut ſubſtructiones faciant. </s>
              <s id="N14426">Saxum
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              quoque abruptum articulos atterit: quod ne fiat metallici ſtructuris neceſſa­
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              rijs puteos, cuniculos, foſſas latentes fulcire debent. </s>
              <s id="N1442D">At in noſtris fodinis
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              non eſt ſoli fuga, quam Sardinia gignit. </s>
              <s id="N14432">Animal eſt, ut Solinus ſcribit, perex
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              iguum ſimileque araneis forma: ſolifuga dicta, quod diem fugiat. </s>
              <s id="N14437">In metallis
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              argentarijs plurima eſt: occultim reptat, & per imprudentiam ſuperſedenti­
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              bus peſtem facit. </s>
              <s id="N1443E">Sed, ut idem ait, fontes calidi & ſalubres aliquot locis effer
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              ueſcunt, qui abolent à ſolifugis inſertum uenenum. </s>
              <s id="N14443">Sed in quibuſdam fo
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              dinis noſtris, quanquam perpaucis, eſt alia peſtis & pernicies: dæmones ſci
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              licet aſpectu truci: de quibus dixi in libro De ſubterraneis animantibus in­
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              ſcripto: quod genus
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              precibus & ieiunijs pellitur ac fugatur. </s>
              <s id="N14450">Quæ
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              dam autem ex his malis atque aliæ quædam res cauſa ſunt, cur putei amplius
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              fodi non ſoleant. </s>
              <s id="N14457">Itaque prima & potiſſima cauſa eſt, quòd non ſint fœcundi
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                <expan abbr="metallorũ">metallorum</expan>
              , aut ſi ad aliquot paſſus fœcundi fuerint, quod in profundo ſint
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              ſteriles. </s>
              <s id="N14461">Secunda affluentis aquæ multitudo: quam neque metallici poſſunt
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              deriuare in cuniculos, quia tam altè in montes agi non poſsint: neque machi­
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              nis extrahere, quod putei ſint admodum profundi: aut ſi poſſent eam extra­</s>
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