. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. HOOK XII. 555 springs and wells, yet it is also possible to use this method in the case of river-, lake-, and sca-watcr, and also of those waters which are artificially salted. For in places where rock-salt is dug, the impure and the broken pieces are thrown into fresh water, which, when boiled, condenses into salt. Some, indeed, boil sea-salt in fresh water again, and mould the salt into the little cones and other shapes. Some people make salt liy another method, from salt water which flows from hot springs that issue boiling from the earth.
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. HOOK XII. 555 springs and wells, yet it is also possible to use this method in the case of river-, lake-, and sca-watcr, and also of those waters which are artificially salted. For in places where rock-salt is dug, the impure and the broken pieces are thrown into fresh water, which, when boiled, condenses into salt. Some, indeed, boil sea-salt in fresh water again, and mould the salt into the little cones and other shapes. Some people make salt liy another method, from salt water which flows from hot springs that issue boiling from the earth. They set earthen- ware pots in a pool of the spring-water, and into them they pour water scooped up with ladles from the hot spring until they are half full. The perpetual heat of the waters of the pool evaporates the salt water just as the heat of the lire does in the caldrons. As soon as it begins to thicken, which happens when it has been reduced by boiling to a third or more, they seize the pots with tongs and pour the contents into small rectangular iron pans, which have also been placed in the pool. The interior of these pans is usually three feet long, two feet wide, and three digits deep, and they stand on four heavy legs, so that the water flows freely all round, but not into them. Since the water flows continuously from the pool through the little canals, and the spring. A—Pots. H—Tripod. C—Deep Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. New York, Dover Publications
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