620 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Athens. 



Silver mines (see Mt. Laurion, 

 Mines of). 

 Atramenlum Sutorium (see a/so Vitriol) 



Alramentum Sutorium candidum 



Atramenlum Sutorium- rubrum 



Aurichalcum 



Auripi^mentum [see Orpiment). 

 Azure 1; 



An indication of copper 



An indication of gold 



Colour of flame 



AzuRiTE 109; 



Babel, Tower of 



Babylonia. 



Bitumen in 



Use of lead 



Babytace. 



Gold buried by inhabitants . 



Baebelo 



Balances 



Barite 



Barmaster, of High Peak . . 

 Bars, for Furnace Work . . 



Baskets, for Hoisting 



Bate a 



Beer 



Bell, to call Workmen .... 

 Bellows , 



224; 



362—373 ; 



Ancient use of 354; 355 



Assay furnace 226; 



207- 



572; 110 



U3 



274; 274 



409; 404 



109; 220 

 116 

 117 

 235 



220; 402 



582 



582 

 391 



9; 15 



42; 42 

 264—265 



115 



77 



382 



153 



156 



220 



100 



419 



362 



245 



210 



586 



HI 



77 ; 78 



92—93 



96 



230 



354; 



2; 



Mine ventilation with 



Beni Hassen, Inscriptions at 



Berg-geel 



Bergmeister ... 33; 81; 95; 77; 



Deals with forfeited shares 



Jurors 



Bergmeister's Clerk 95; 78 



Bergdnober (see Quicksilver). 

 Bermius (Bermium), Mt. (see Mt. 



Berraius) . 

 Bismuth 433; 



Assaying ores of 



Indication of silver 



Minerals 



Smelting of 433—437; 



The " roof of silver " 117 ; 



Zaijre 



Bitumen. 



Ancient knowledge of 220; 581—582; 



Colour of fumes 



Dead Sea 



Distillation 



From springs 



Harmful to metals 



Roasting from ore 273; 276; 



SolidifieJ juice 



Bituminosa cadmia (see Cadmia 

 bituminosa) . 



Blast, Regulation of 380; 



Blasting 



Blen de 



Bleyberg 



Bloodstone HI 



Bloom 



Ulutstein (see Ironstone). 

 Bohemia. 



Antimony sulphide 428 



Pestilential vapours 216 



Sifting ore in 293 



Smelting 384 



Bone-.\sh 230; 466 



Borax 560; 221; 110 



Method of manufacture 560 



Use in gold smelting 444; 457; 464 



Use in assaying 245; 246 



Bornite 109 



Boundary Stones 87; 129 



Boundaries 77; 147 



Bowls for Alluvial Washing 



322; 324; 334; 336 



Brass 410; 354; 2 



Ancient methods of making 404 — 405 ; 112 



220 

 247 

 116 



HI 

 490 

 433 

 112 



354 

 235 

 33 

 581 

 582 

 273 

 351 

 1 



386 



119 

 113 

 239 

 ; 2 

 420 



page 



Breaking Ore 117 — 119 



Brick Dust. 



Used in cementation 454; 454 



Used in making nitric acid 440 



Brine (see also Salt). 



Evaporation of 547 — 548 



Britain. 



I. ead-silver smelting 392 



Miners mentioned by Pliny 83 



Tin trade 411—413 



British Museum. 



Egyptian gold-mining 399 



Egyptian lead 390 



Egyptian steel 402 



Bromyrite 109 



Bronze. 



Historical notes 411; 402; 354 



Bronze Age 355; 402; 411 



Bryle (Outcrop) 101 



Buckets, for Hoisting Ore 153 — 154; 157 



Buddle 281; 282; 267 



Divided 302—303 



Simple 300—302; 312—315 



Bullion, Pouring into Bars 382 



Burning Ore 231; 273; 267 



Burnt Alum 233; 565; 221 



Cadmia (see also Zinc, Pompholvr, 



and Cobalt) 542; 542; 112—113 



Ancient ore of brass 



From dust chambers 



From liquation 539; 



From roasting matte 



Poisonous to miners 214; 



Roasting 



Smelting for gold and silver 



Cadmia bituminosa 276; 273; 



Cadmia fornacis (see Furnace Accre- 

 tions) . 

 Cadmia fossilis (see Calamine and 

 Blende). 



Cadmia metallica (see also Cobalt) 403 ; 



Caeruleum {see Azure). 



Cakes of Melted Pyrites 379 ; 



A flux 



Roasting of 349— 



Use in smelting 



Calaem (see also Zinc) 



Calamine 112; 113; 409; 



Calcite 



Calcspar 116 ; 



Caldarium Copper 512; 542; 404; 



Caldrons, for Evaporating Salts 



Calmei (see Calamine). 



Cameros. 



Zinc found at 



Camphor 238; 238; 



Cam-shaft 282 — 283; 



Cawa/es (Ore Channels) 43; 46 



Ore shoots in 



Cannon 



Cardinal Points 57 



Carnelian 



Carneol {see Carnelian). 



Carni 



Cupellation 



Smelting of lead ores 



Carpathian Mountains. 



Liquation practice in 540; 



Sieves 



Stamp-milling 



Carthage. 



Mines in Spain 



Castulo (Cazlona) 



Cementation (see also Parting Gold 



from Silver) 453—457 ; 453 ; 



Centumpondium 616; 242; 



Scale of weights 260— 



Ceragurite 



Cerussa (see White-lead). 



Cerussite 110 



Chain Pumps 171 — 175 



Chalcanthite 110 



Chalcanthum (see also y\ir\o\) 109; 572 



410 

 394 

 542 

 349 

 214 

 276 

 410 

 113 



113 



222 

 234 

 351 

 379 

 409 

 410 

 114 

 114 

 511 

 548 



409 

 221 

 267 



; 47 



117 



11 



; 58 

 114 



390 

 483 

 390 



544 

 289 

 319 



27 



42 



458 

 509 

 -261 



109 



