‘ The paucity of terms in Latin for describing structural members , and the consequent repetition of beam { trabs ) timber ( hgnum ) , “ billet ” ( iigillum ) , “ pole ” ( asser ) , with such modifications as small , large , and transverse , and with long explanatory clauses showing their location…
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![An illustration from Georgii Agricolae De re metallica : libri XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni[que] ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis infertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis [que] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint. ; Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, (1556)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-gri_000033125008455038-358-239.webp)
