ans , the bismuth drips out of the ore ; wherefore , in order that it may run , the ore is stirred with the tongs ; but when they decide that all the bismuth is exuded , they seize the pans with the tongs and remove them , and pour out the bismuth into empty pans , and by turning many into one they… … A — Wood . b — Bricks . C — Pans . D — Furnace . E — Crucible . F — Pipe . G — Dipping - pot . charcoal , and into it they put the broken ore , or the concentrates from washing , from which they make more bismuth . If they put in ore , they reduce it with charcoal and small dried wood mixed , and…
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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_000033125008455038-288-202.webp)
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