BOOK VI . 151 The iron block is six digits in length and width ; at the upper end it is two digits thick , and at the bottom a digit and a half . The iron plate is the same length and width as the iron block , but it is very thin . All of these , as I explained in the last book , are used when the… … kind of the larger hammer . E — Large kind . F — Wooden handle . G — Handle FIXED IN THE SMALLEST HAMMER . Hammers are of two kinds , the smaller ones the miners hold in ° ne hand , and the larger ones they hold with both hands . The former , because of their size and use , are of three sorts .…
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