← De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556

Index to Illustrations

Alum Making, 571
Amalgamation Mill, 299
Ampulla, 442; 446
Argonauts, 330
Assay Balances (see Balances).
Assay Crucible, 229
Assay Furnaces.
Crucible, 227
Muffle, 223; 224

Balances, 265
Baling Water, 199
Bars, for Furnace Work, 377; 389
Batea, 157
Bellows.
For blast furnaces, 359; 365; 368; 370; 372
For mine ventilation, 208; 209; 211
For tin furnace, 419
Bismuth Smelting, 434; 435; 436; 437
Bitumen Making, 582
Bitumen Spring, 583
Bowls for Alluvial Washing (see also Batea), 336
Buckets.
For hoisting ore, 154
For hoisting water, 158
Buddle, 301; 302; 314; 315
Building Plan for Refinery, 493
Building Plan for Smelter, 361

Chain Pumps, 173; 174; 175
Chrysocolla Making, 585
Circular Fire (see Ring-Fire).
Clay Washing, 374; 375
Compass, 57; 59; 142; 147
Copper Mould for Assaying, 250
Copper Refining, 534; 537
Copper Refining Furnace, 532
Crane.
For cupellation furnace, 479
For liquation cakes, 514
Crowbars, 152
Cupel, 229
Mould, 231
Cupellation Furnace, 468; 470; 474
At Freiberg, 481
In Poland, 482
Cutting Metal, 269

Descent into Mines, 213
Dipping-pots, 385; 387; 389; 393; 415; 417
Distillation (see Nitric Acid and Quicksilver).
Divining Rod, 40
Dogs Packing Ore, 168
Drifts, 105
Drying Furnace for Liquation, 525; 527; 528
Dust Chambers, 395; 417

Fans, Ventilation, 204; 205; 206; 207
Fire-Buckets, 377
Fire Pump, 377
Fire-Setting, 120
Forehearth, 357; 358; 383; 385; 387; 389; 417
Frames (or Sluices) for Washing Ore or Alluvial, 322-324; 326-329; 331-333
Furnaces.
Assaying (see Assay Furnaces).
Blast, 357; 358; 373; 377; 383; 385; 387; 389; 395; 419; 424; 508
Copper refining, 537
Cupellation, 468; 470; 474; 481; 482
Distilling sulphur, 277
Enriching copper bottoms, 510
Glass-making, 587; 588; 589; 591
Iron smelting, 422; 424
Lead smelting (see also Furnaces, blast), 393
Liquation, 517; 519; 525; 527; 528
Nitric acid making, 442
Nitric acid parting, 446
Parting precious metals with antimony, 453
Ditto cementation, 455
Quicksilver distillation, 427-432
Refining silver, 485; 486; 489
Roasting, 276
Steel making, 425
Tin burning, 349
Tin smelting, 415

Gad, 150
Glass Making, 591
Furnaces, 587; 588; 589
Ground Sluicing, 337; 340; 343; 346; 347

Hammers, 151
With water-power, 422; 425
Heap Roasting, 275; 278
Hearths.
For bismuth smelting, 436; 437
For heating copper cakes, 504
For melting lead, 393
For melting lead cakes, 499
For refining tin, 418
For roasting, 277
Hemicycle, 138
Hoe, 152

Intervenium, 50
Iron Fork for Metal, 387
Iron Hook for Assaying, 240
Iron Smelting, 422; 424
Iron Tools, 150

Jigging Sieve, 311

Ladders, 213
Ladle for Metal, 383
Lead Mould for Assaying, 240
Liquation Cakes.
Dried, 530
Liquation Cakes, Exhausted, 522
Liquation Furnaces, 517; 519; 525; 527; 528
Lye Making, 557

Matte Roasting, 350; 351
Meers, Shape of, 79; 80; 86; 87; 89
Mills for Grinding Ore, 294; 296
Muffle Furnaces, 223; 489
Muffles, 228

Nitric Acid Making, 442
Nitrum Pits, 559

Operculum, 446
Orbis, 142A

Parting Precious Metals.
With antimony, 453
By cementation, 455
With nitric acid, 446
With sulphur, 449
Picks, 152
Plummet level.
Standing, 143
Suspended, 146
Pumps.
Chain, 173; 174; 175
Duplex suction, 180; 185; 189
Rag and chain, 191; 193; 194; 195
Suction, 177; 178; 179; 182; 183; 187

Quicksilver Distillation, 427; 429; 430; 431; 432

Rag and Chain Pumps, 191; 193; 194; 195; 197
Rammers for Fire-Clay, 377; 383
Ring-Fire, for Parting with Sulphur, 449
Roasting (see also Heap and Stall Roasting), 278; 350; 351; 274; 275; 276
Rosette Copper Making, 537

Salt.
Boiling, 549; 554; 555
Caldron, 551; 553
Evaporated on faggots, 556
Pans, 547
Wells, 549
Saltpetre Making, 563
Saxon Lead Furnace, 393
Scorifier, 229
Seams in the Rocks, 54; 55; 56; 60; 72
Shafts.
Inclined, 104
Timbering, 123
Vertical, 103; 105
Shears for Cutting Metal, 269
Shield for Muffle Furnace, 241
Sifting Ore, 287; 288; 289; 291; 292; 293; 311; 342
Silver.
Cakes, Cleansing of, 476; 488
Refining, 484; 485; 486; 489
Sleigh for Ore, 168
Sluicing Tin, 337; 338; 340; 343
Smelter, Plan of Building, 361
Soda Making, 561
Sorting Ore, 268; 270
Spalling Ore, 270; 271; 272
Stall Roasting.
Matte, 350; 351
Ore, 274; 276
Stamp-mill, 284; 286; 287; 299; 313; 320; 321; 373
For breaking copper cakes, 501
Stamps, 285
Steel Furnace, 425
Strake, 302; 303; 305; 306; 307; 341; 342; 345
Canvas, 308; 309; 317; 321; 329
Streaming for Tin, 318
Stringers.
Associated, 71
Fibra dilatata, 71
Fibra incumbens, 71
Oblique, 71
Transverse, 71
Surveying.
Rods, 138A
Shafts and Tunnels, 131
Triangles, 133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 139; 140
Suction Pumps (see Pumps).
Sulphur Making, 579; 581

Tap-holes in Furnaces, 389
Tapping-bar, 383; 385
"Tests" for Refining Silver, 484; 485
Timbering.
Shafts, 123
Tunnels, 125
Tin.
Bars, 415
Burning, 349
Refining, 418
Smelting, 415; 419
Touch-needles, 255
Trays for Washing Alluvial, 334
Tread Whim, 163
Trough, 159
For washing alluvial, 335; 348
Trucks, 156
Tunnels, 103; 104; 105; 120
Timbering, 125

Veins.
Barren, 73
Beginning of, 69
Cavernous, 73
Curved, 61
End of, 69
Head of, 69
Horizontal, 61
Intersections of, 64; 65; 66; 67; 68
Solid, 73
Strike of, 62; 63
Vena cumulata, 49; 70
Vena dilatata, 45; 50; 54; 60; 61; 68; 69
Vena profunda, 45; 50; 53; 61; 62; 63; 64; 68
Ventilating with Damp Cloth (see also Bellows, Fans, and Windsails), 212
Vitriol Making, 567; 574; 575; 576; 577

Wagons, for Hauling Ore, 170
Washing Ore (see Sifting Ore).
Water Tanks, under Furnaces, 358
Wedges, 150
Weights, for Assay Balances, 262
Westphalian Lead Smelting, 393
Wheelbarrows, 155
Whims.
Horse, 165; 167
Tread, 163
Windlasses, 161; 162; 171
Winds, Direction of, 59
Windsails for Ventilation, 201; 202; 203