Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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Again, between
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Septentrio
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(north wind) and the
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Subsolanus
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(east wind), the
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Septentrio
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(north wind) is
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Gallicus;
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Supernas;
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then
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Aquilo,
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which is the middle one of these five; next comes
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Boreas;
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lastly
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Carbas,
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to the left of
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Subsolanus
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(east wind). Here again, those who
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do not consider the winds to be in so great a multitude, but say there are
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but twelve winds in all, or at the most fourteen, assert that the wind called
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Aquílo
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purpose it is not only useful to adopt this large number of winds, but even
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each two there is one in the centre taken from both. </
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