. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. 514 BOOK XI. where the straight end of the hook was driven into it when it was hfted out of the copper mould ; the other jaw of the tongs, which has no tooth, squeezes the cake, lest the tooth should fall out of it; the tongs are one and a half feet long, each ring is a digit and a half thick, and the inside is a palm and two digits in diameter. Those cranes by which the cakes are lifted out of the copper pans and placed on the ground, and lifted up again from there and placed in the furnaces, are two in number—one in the middle space between
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. 514 BOOK XI. where the straight end of the hook was driven into it when it was hfted out of the copper mould ; the other jaw of the tongs, which has no tooth, squeezes the cake, lest the tooth should fall out of it; the tongs are one and a half feet long, each ring is a digit and a half thick, and the inside is a palm and two digits in diameter. Those cranes by which the cakes are lifted out of the copper pans and placed on the ground, and lifted up again from there and placed in the furnaces, are two in number—one in the middle space between the third transverse wall and the two upright posts, and the other in. A—Crane. B—Drum consisting of rundles. C—Toothed drum. D—Trolley AND ITS wheels. E—TRIANGULAR BOARD. F—CaKES. G—CHAIN OF THE CRANE. H—Its hook. I—Ring. K—The tongs. the middle space between the same posts and the seventh transverse wall. The rectangular crane-post of both of these is two feet wide and thick, and is eighteen feet from the third long wall, and nineteen from the second long wall. There are two drums in the framework of each—one drum consisting of rundles, the other being toothed. The crane-arm of each extends seventeen feet, three palms and as many digits from the post. The trolley of each crane is two feet and as many palms long, a foot and two digits wide, and a palm and two digits thick ; but where it runs between the beams of the crane-arm it is three digits wide and a palm thick ; it has five notches, in. 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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