Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring to obtain salt, 1556. Artist: Unknown

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Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring to obtain salt. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556).

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