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BOOK VII.

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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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