Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 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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              first to the right of
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              Septentrio
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              (north wind) is
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              Gallicus;
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              then
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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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              and
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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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              by the Greeks
                <foreign lang="grc">Βορέας</foreign>
              and the Latins
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              Aquílo
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              is one and the same. </s>
              <s>For our
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              purpose it is not only useful to adopt this large number of winds, but even
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              to double it, as the German sailors do. </s>
              <s>They always reckon that between
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              each two there is one in the centre taken from both. </s>
              <s>By this method we </s>
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