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Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XIIqvibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possintEivsdem De animantibvs svbterraneis liber, ab autore recognitus: cum indicibus diuersis, quicqiuid in opere tractatum est, pulchré demonstrantibus . niscx antiquis :quarii truncus, ubi afTurrexit ad altitudinc fcx pcdiicauatur,&:: inic(flo igni arbor tota coburitur,ac in cincrem ucrtiturqu
Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XIIqvibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possintEivsdem De animantibvs svbterraneis liber, ab autore recognitus: cum indicibus diuersis, quicqiuid in opere tractatum est, pulchré demonstrantibus . niscx antiquis :quarii truncus, ubi afTurrexit ad altitudinc fcx pcdiicauatur,&:: inic(flo igni arbor tota coburitur,ac in cincrem ucrtiturquod fichycmc cij niues diutmx fedent,ucl xftatc, cu non pluit:na imbrcs alijs cineres cii terra mifccat, impuros rcddiit^quaobrc tiic cx i] plures partes fc<fl:is,& fub tc<flo cobuftis,cinis cofiat. Scd uitrarf]s alijs trci funt fornaces,aIiis duXjalijs una: quib, trcs,hi in prima coquucmatcria,in fccuda eii rccoquut,in tcrtia refrigcrant uitrca uafa & cxtera opera cadcntia:cor{i prima fornax .cocamcrata Sc furno fimilis fit: m cuius fijpcriori camcra,Ionga pcdes fcx,lata quatuor,aIta duos lignis aridis acccfis resmiftx coquatur acri igni doncc liqucfcant^Sc: in maflam ucrtatur uirrca: etfinondum fatis a rccremcnto purgatam:ea refrigerata extrahatur & in partesdiuidatur: in cadem fornace ollx,qux continebunt uitrum,calefiant» Trimaefornacisinferiorcttmcra A, Su^eriot B. Vitreitnajja Secunda Sccunda fbrnax rotunda &: lata pedes decem,alta o^flo^extrfnfecus^jUt /Ttliniiior,cincTatur quinc^ arcubus fefquipedem craffis: ea item conftet ex du^bus cameristquarum infcrioris teftudo fit cralla fefquipedem: ipfa camerahabcat a fronte os anguftum, ut ligna in focum,qui cft in eius folo, imponipof fumma uero & media eiufdem teftudine magnu foramen rotun;?dum:quod ab ea pateat ad fuperiorem camcram,ut flammae in ipfam pene^:tr3r«:poffint. Atinfuperioris cameracmurointerarcus fint odto feneftrsetantcc,ut pcr eas olla; uentrofac in folo camera
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