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quantity will compensate them for their expenditure; hence, if they are notparticular to employ assays, they may, as I have already said, sometimes smeltthe metal from the ore with a loss or sometimes without any profit; for they
Terms adopted.
Latin.
German.
Remarks.
Further
Notes.
Bismuth
Plumlum Cinereum
Wismut
Bismuth
p. 433
Bitumen
Blast furnace
Bitumen
Prima fornax
Bergwachs
Schmeltzofen
p. 581
Borax
Chrysocolla ex nitroconfecta ; chryso-colla quam boracemnominant
Borras ; Tincar
p. 560
Burned alum
Cadmia
(see note 8, p. 112)
Alumen coctum
Gesottener alaun
Probably de hydratedalum
(1) Furnace accre-
tions
(2) Calamine
(3) Zinc blende
(4) Cobalt arsenical
sulphides
P- 565
p. 112
Camphor
Camphora
Campffer
p. 238
Chrysocolla calledborax (see borax)
Chrysocolla(copper
mineral)
Chrysocolla
BerggriXn undSchifergriin
Partly chrysocolla,partly malachite
p. no
Copper filings
Aeris scobs elimata
Kupferfeilich
Apparently finelydivided coppermetal
P- 233
Copper flowers
Aeris flos
Kupferbraun
Cupric oxide
P- 538
Copper scales
Aeris squamae
Kupfer hammer-schlag oder kesselbraun
Probably cupric oxide
Copper minerals(see note 8, p. 109)
Crucible (trian-
Catillus triangularis
Dreieckichtschirbe
See illustration
p. 229
gular)
Cupel
Cupellation furnace
Catillus cinereusSecunda fornax
Capelle
Treibherd
Flux
Furnace accretions
A dditamentumCadmia fornacum
Zusetze
Mitlere und obereoffenbriiche
p. 232
Galena
Lapis plumbarius
Glantz
Lead sulphide
p. no
Glass-gall
Recrementum vitri
Glassgallen
Skimmings fromglass melting
P- 235
Grey antimony orstibium
Stibi or stibium
Spiesglas
Antimony sulphide,stibnite
p. 428
Hearth-lead
Molybdaena
Herdplei
The saturated fur-nace bottoms fromcupellation
p. 476
Hoop (iron)
Circulus ferreus
Ring
A forge for crucibles
p. 226
Iron filings
Ferri scobs elimata
Eisen feilich
Metallic iron
Iron scales
Iron slag
Squamae ferri
Recrementum ferri
Eisen hammer-schlag
Sinder
Partly iron oxide
Lead ash
Cinis plumbi nigri
Pleiasche
Artificial lead sul-phide
P- 237
Lead granules
Globuli plumbei
Gekornt plei
Granulated lead
Lead ochre
Ochra plumbaria
Pleigeel
Modern massicot(PbO)
p. 232
Lees of aqua whichseparates goldfrom silver
Feces aquarum quaeaurum ab argentosecernunt
Scheidewasser
heffe
Uncertain
P- 234
Dried lees of vinegar
Siccae feces aceti
Heffe des essigs
Argol
p. 234
Dried lees of wine
Feces vini siccae
Wein heffen
Argol
P- 234
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