. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. 370 BOOK A—Lever which when depressed by means of a cam compresses the bellows. B—Slots through the posts. C—Bar. D—Iron implement with a rectangular LINK. E—Iron instrument with round ring. F—Handle of bellows. G—Upper post. H—Upper lever. I—Box with equal sides. K—Box narrow at the bottom. L—Pegs driven into the upper lever. one and a half palms thick. There are mortised into this longitudinal beam the lower ends of upper posts three palms wide and two thick, which are six feet two palms high, exclusive of their tenons. The upper ends o
. De re metallica. Metallurgy; Mineral industries. 370 BOOK A—Lever which when depressed by means of a cam compresses the bellows. B—Slots through the posts. C—Bar. D—Iron implement with a rectangular LINK. E—Iron instrument with round ring. F—Handle of bellows. G—Upper post. H—Upper lever. I—Box with equal sides. K—Box narrow at the bottom. L—Pegs driven into the upper lever. one and a half palms thick. There are mortised into this longitudinal beam the lower ends of upper posts three palms wide and two thick, which are six feet two palms high, exclusive of their tenons. The upper ends of these posts are mortised into an upper longitudinal beam, which lies close under the rafters of the building ; this upper longitudinal beam is two palms wide and one thick. The upper posts have a slot cut out upward from a point two feet from the bottom, and the slot is two feet high and six digits wide. Through these upper posts a round hole is bored from one side to the other at a point three feet one palm from the bottom, and a small iron axle penetrates through the hole and is fastened there. Around this small iron axle turns the second lever when it is depressed and raised. This lever is eight feet long, and its other end is three digits wider than the rest of the lever ; at this widest point is a hole two digits wide and three high, in which is fixed an iron ring, to which is tied the rope I have mentioned ; it is five palms long, its upper loop is two palms and as many digits wide, and the. 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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