Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              iccirco ut maior uenarum pars in eam inijci poſſit. </s>
              <s id="N1A0BF">Quod ſi fodinæ excocto
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              ribus uenarum copiam ſuppeditent, eas in eadem fornace, ſi nec ipſa nec ei­
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              us uel focus, uel catinus uitium fecerit, tribus diebus continuis interdiu &
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              noctu excoquunt: quocirca in iſtiuſmodi fornacibus plerunque omnes cad­
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              miarum ſpecies
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              . </s>
              <s id="N1A0CE">Etſi uerò id genus fornaci catinus eſt catino for­
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              nacis
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              primæ non diſſimilis, præterquam quod os habeat,
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              quia
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              magna uenæ moles continenter & in ea excoquitur, & liquefacta effluit, &
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              recrementa ſunt
                <expan abbr="detrahẽda">detrahenda</expan>
              , opus eſt altero catino, in quem ore prioris, cùm
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              plenus fuerit, aperto materia liquida influat. </s>
              <s id="N1A0E5">Cùm autem aliquis excoctor
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              in hoc labore operam duodecim horarum ſpacio conſumpſerit, ſemper ali­
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              us in eius locum ſuccedit: hac ratione uenæ æris & plumbi nigri, atque auri et
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              argenti pauperrimæ excoquuntur: nam reliquis tribus propter impenſas,
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              quæ ſunt in eas faciendæ, excoqui nequeunt: etenim tametſi uenæ centum­
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              pondium tantummodo auri drachmam unam uel duas, aut argenti ſemun­
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              ciam uel unciam in ſe continet, tamen magna eius pars
                <expan abbr="cõtinenter">continenter</expan>
              excoqui­
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              tur ſine caris additamentis: qualia ſunt plumbum, ſpuma argenti, molybdæ
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              na. </s>
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                <expan abbr="">Nam</expan>
              ad
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                <expan abbr="excoctionẽ">excoctionem</expan>
              nobis ſolo pyrite, in quo aliqua æris portio inſit,
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              uel qui facile igni liqueſcit, opus eſt: quinetiam panes inde conflati, ſi
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              amplius aurum uel argentum ſorbuerint, rurſus reficiuntur ſolo pyrite cru­
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              do. </s>
              <s id="N1A114">Attamen ſi ex eiuſmodi uenis pauperibus cum pyrite tantummodo ex­
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              coctis materia, ex qua panes conflantur, confici non poterit, adijciantur alia
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              additamenta prius non excocta: utpote lapis plumbarius, lapides qui facile
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              igni liqueſcunt ſecundi generis, & arenæ ab eis reſolutæ, ſaxum calcarium,
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              tofus candidus, ſaxum fiſſile album, uena ferri, uel arida lutei coloris. </s>
              <s id="N1A11F">Quan
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              quam autem hæc uenas excoquendi ratio rudis & nobis non magno uſui
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              eſſe uideri poteſt, tamen eſt artificioſa & utilis: ea enim
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                <expan abbr="uenarũ">uenarum</expan>
              pon­
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              dus, in quo auri & argenti & æris exigua portio ineſt, ad paucos panes, qui
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              metallum in ſe contineant, redigit: qui etſi primo cocti propter cruditatem
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              habiles non ſunt
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              coctioni, qua uel plumbum metalla precioſa, quæ
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              in panibus inſunt, combibit, uel ex eis æs conflatur, tamen ut ad eam apti fi­
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              ant: ſæpius, & quidem interdum ſepties aut octies, ut proximo libro expli­
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              caui, cremantur. </s>
              <s id="N1A13E">Iſtiuſmodi autem excoctores adeo acuti & ſolertes ſunt, ut
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              omne aurum uel argentum, quod artifex uenæ experiundæ in ea dixerit in­
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              eſſe, ex ipſa
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              eliciant: quod ſi, cùm quis prima opera panes ex ue­
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              na conficit, ei auri drachma uel argenti ſemuncia defuerit, eam ſecunda ex re
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              crementis elicit. </s>
              <s id="N1A14D">Atque hæc uenarum
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              ratio uetus eſt & apud
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              eos pleroſque omnes, qui alijs utuntur, peruulgata.</s>
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              <s id="N1A158">F
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              ornaces duæ
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              A B. O
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              s fornacis
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              C. C
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              atinus propior fornaci
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              D. E
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              ius os
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              E. A
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              lter ca
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              tinus
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              F. A
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              d alteram fornacem accedit excoctor, geſtans alueum bracteis ligneis con­
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              textum carbonibus plenum
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              G. A
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              d alteram fornacem ſtat excocter, & tertio couto
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              uncinato materiam, quæ circa fornacis os ferruminatur, amouet:
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              C
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              ontus uncinatus
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              H. A
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              ceruus carbonum
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              I. C
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              iſium cui est ciſta craſſis uiminibus contexta, qua di­
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              metimur carbones
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              K. B
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              atillum ferreum
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              L.</s>
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