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De re metallica (1912)

Agricola, Georg, Hoover, Herbert · leaf 322

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n . The other two compartments have iron doors which are closed , and which , together with the roof , keep in the heat when the wood is lighted . In these upper compartments are iron bars which take the place of a floor , and on these are arranged pots without bottoms , having in place of a bottom… … A — Heap of cupriferous stones . B — Kindled heap . C — Stones being taken to THE BEDS OF FAGGOTS . ’ Bearing in mind that bituminous cadmia contained arsenical - cobalt minerals , this substance resembling pompholyx would probably be arsenic oxide . In De Natura Fossihum ( p . 368 ) Agricola…

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