GENERAL INDEX
Note. —The number:; in heavy type refer to the Text;those in plain type to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc.
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Abandonment of Mines . 217
Abertham.
Mines at . 74; 92 ; 74
Abolite . 113
Abstrich . 465 ; 492
Abydos.
Gold mines of. 26 ; 27
Lead figure from. 390
Abzug . 464 ; 465; 475
Achates (see Agate).
Accidents to Miners . 214—218
Accounts (Mining). 96—98
Adit . 101
Aeris flos (see Copper Flowers).
Aeris squama (see Copper Scales).
Aes caldarium . 109
Aes luteum . J09
Aes nigrum . 109
Aes purum fossile (see Native Copper).
Aes rude plumbei colons (see CopperGlance).
Aes ustum (see Roasted Copper).
A elites . 2
Africa.
Iron . 420
Tin. 412
Agate . 114
Agriculture.
Mining compared with . 5
Ailments of Miners (see Maladies ofMiners).
Air Currents in Mines. 121 ; 200
Alabaster. 114
Alchemists. XXVII—XXX; 44; 608
Agricola’s opinion of. XII; XXVII.
Amalgamation. 297
Assaying . 248; 219
Discovery of acids . 439 ; 460
Distillation . 441
Aljustrel Tablet . 83—84
Alkali . 558
Alloys. Assaying of . 247—252
Alluvial Mining. 321—348 ; 330—332
Alston Moor. 84
Altenberg. XXXI; VI.
Collapse of mine. 216
Miners poisoned. 214
Tin working appliances. 290; 304; 318
Alum . 584—568 ; 564—570
A solidified juice. 1
Elizabethan Charter . 283
In roasted pyrites. 350
In Sal artificiosus . 463
Latin and German terms . 220; 221
Papal monopoly . ®70
Use in making nitric acid. 439; 460
Amalgam.
Parting the gold from . 298 ; 297
Amalgamation . 29 '
295-299
Amber. 34 ; 35
Amethyst . H4
Amiantus (see Asbestos).
Ampulla. 445— 447 ; 220
Annaberg . vi; XXI; 42; 75; 75
Profits . 92
Ant, venomous. 216
Antimony. 220 ; 428 ; 354
Minerals . HO
Smelting of. 400 ; 428
Use as type-metal. 2 ; 429
Antimony Sulphide. 220; 428; 451
Parting gold and silver with 451 ; 451 ; 461
Parting gold from copper . 463
Parting silver and iron . 544
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Antwerp, Scale of Weights. 263
Apex Law. 81; 83—86
Aqua regia . 439; 441; 354
Aqua valens (see also Nitric Acid)...
. 439—443 ; 439 ; 220
Clarification with silver. 443 ; 443
Cleansing gold-dust with . 396
Parting precious metals with . 443—447
Arbores dissectae (Lagging) . 101
Archimedes, Screw of . 149
Architecture.
Knowledge necessary for miners 4
Area fodinarum (see Meer).
Argentiferous Copper Ores,
Smelting of . 404—407
Argentite . 109
Argentum purum in venis (see NativeSilver).
Argentum rude plumbei colons (seeSilver Glance).
Argentum rude rubrum translucidum(see Ruby Silver).
Argol . 234; 220
As a flux. 234; 238 ; 243
Use in melting silver nitrate. 447
Use in smelting gold dust. 396—398
Argonauts . 330
Arithmetical Science.
Knowledge necessary for miners... 4
Armenia, Stone of . 1x5
Arsenic (see also Orpiment and
Realgar) . HI; 214
A rsenicum . Ill
Arsen opyrite . ill
Asbestos . 440; 440; 114
Ash-coloured Copper .
. 539—540; 540; 523—524; 492
From liquation . 529—530
Ashes which Wool Dyers use (see
also Potash). 233 ; 559 ; 220
Use in assaying . 236—238
Ash of Lead. 237—238; 237; 220
Ash of Musk Ivy (see also Potash
and Nitrum) . 236—238 ; 220
Asphalt . 581
Asphaltites (see Dead Sea).
Assay Balances (see Balances).
Assay Fluxes (see Fluxes).
Assay Furnaces . 224—228 ; 220
Crucible. 226—227
Muffle . 224—228; 239
Assaying (see also Probierbuchlein )...
. 219; 219; 220; 354
Amalgamation . 243
Bismuth . 247
Copper. 244
Cupellation . 240
Gold and silver alloys . 248
Gold ore . 242—244
Iron ore . 247
Lead . 245—246
Silver. 242—245
Silver and copper alloys . 249—250
Tin. 246
Tin and silver alloys . 251
Assay Muffles (see Muffles).
Assay Ton. 261 ; 242
Assyrian Copper . 402
Asthma. 214
Astronomy.
Knowledge necessary for miners... 4
A.tarnea.
Mines near . 26 ; 27
Athens.
Mining law . 83
Sea power and mines. 27