. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. BOOK [X. |iO (>xct>c<ls tlir price of th'" latter l)y n gold coin'''. These l;ittice-lik(^ bars are lighter than i\n- others, and when five of them are pounded and amalgamated with a vvocxleii mallet, a mass is made which is stamped with an iron die. There arc some who do not make a dipping-pot on the floor for the tin to run into, but in the hearth itself ; out of this the master, having removed the charcoal, ladles the tin and pours it over the copper-plate. The dross which adheres to the wood and the charcoal, having been coll
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. BOOK [X. |iO (>xct>c<ls tlir price of th'" latter l)y n gold coin'''. These l;ittice-lik(^ bars are lighter than i\n- others, and when five of them are pounded and amalgamated with a vvocxleii mallet, a mass is made which is stamped with an iron die. There arc some who do not make a dipping-pot on the floor for the tin to run into, but in the hearth itself ; out of this the master, having removed the charcoal, ladles the tin and pours it over the copper-plate. The dross which adheres to the wood and the charcoal, having been collected, is re-smelted in the A—FuRN.'iCE. B— Bellows. C—Iron Disc. F—Blow-hole. G—Handle. H—Haft. D—Nozzle. E—Wooden Disc. I—Hoops. K—Masses of tin. Some of the Lusitanians melt tin from tin-stone in small furnaces. They use round bellows made of leather, of which the fore end is a round iron disc and the rear end a disc of wood ; in a hole in the former is fixed the nozzle, in the middle of the latter the blow-hole. Above this is the handle or haft, which draws open the round bellows and lets in the air, or compresses it and drives the air out. Between the discs are several iron hoops to which the leather is fastened, making such folds as axe to be seen in paper lanterns that ^^Aureo niimmo. German Translation gives reinschen gulden, which was the equivalent of about f , or shilhngs. The purchasing power of money was, however, several times as great as at 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
Size: 1615px × 1548px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthoragricolageorg14941555, bookcentury1900, booksubjectmin
