. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. BOOK III. 59 Again, between Septentrio (north wind) and the Subsolanus (east wind), the first to the right of Septeitrio (north wind) is Gallicns ; then Supernas ; then Aquilo, which is the middle one of these five ; next comes Boreas ; and lastly Cartas, to the left of Siibsolamts (east wind). Here again, those who do not consider the winds to be in so great a multitude, but say there are but twelve winds in all, or at the most fourteen, assert that the wind called < i* tiAfoUnvt North. by the Greeks BopEac and the Latins Aquilo is
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. BOOK III. 59 Again, between Septentrio (north wind) and the Subsolanus (east wind), the first to the right of Septeitrio (north wind) is Gallicns ; then Supernas ; then Aquilo, which is the middle one of these five ; next comes Boreas ; and lastly Cartas, to the left of Siibsolamts (east wind). Here again, those who do not consider the winds to be in so great a multitude, but say there are but twelve winds in all, or at the most fourteen, assert that the wind called < i* tiAfoUnvt North. by the Greeks BopEac and the Latins Aquilo is one and the same. For our purpose it is not only useful to adopt this large number of winds, but even to double it, as the German sailors do. They always reckon that between each two there is one in the centre taken from both. By this method we. 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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