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BOOK X. 



A — An artificer tamping the crucible with a rammer. B — Large rammer. 

 C — Broom. D — Two smaller rammers. E — Curved iron plates. F — Part of 

 A wooden strip. G — Sieve. H — Ashes. I — Iron shovel. K — Iron plate. 

 L — Block of wood. M — Rock. N — Basket made of woven twigs. — Hooked 

 BAR. P — Second hooked bar. Q — Old linen rag. R — Bucket. S — Doeskin. 

 T— Bundles of straw. V— Wood. X— Cakes of lead alloy. Y— Fork. 

 Z — Another workman covers the outside of the furnace with lute where the 

 dome fits on it. AA — Basket full of ashes. BB — Lid of the dome. CC — The 

 assistant standing on the steps pours charcoal into the crucible through the 

 hole at the top of the dome. DD — Iron implement with which the lute is 

 BEATEN. EE — Lute. FF — Ladle with which the workman or master takes a 

 sample. GG — Rabble with which the scum of impure lead is drawn off. HH— - 



