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GENERAL INDEX. 



PAGE 



ATHENS. 



Silver mines (see Mt. Laurion, 



Mines of). 



A tramentum Sutorium (see also Vitriol) 572; 110 



A tramentum Sutorium candidum 113 



Atramentum Sutorium rubrum 274; 274 



Aurichakum 409; 404 



Auripi^mentum (see Orpiment). 



AZURE 1; 109; 220 



An indication of copper 116 



An indication of gold 117 



Colour of flame 235 



AZURITE 109; 220; 402 



582 



582 

 391 



9; 15 



42; 42 

 264265 

 115 

 77 

 382 

 153 

 156 

 220 

 100 

 419 

 362 

 245 

 210 

 586 

 111 



77; 78 



9293 

 96 



95; 78 



230; 



BABEL, TOWER OF 



BABYLONIA. 



Bitumen in 



Use of lead 



BABYTACE. 



Gold buried by inhabitants 



BAEBELO 



BALANCES 224; 



BARITE 



BARMASTER, OF HIGH PEAK 



BARS, FOR FURNACE WORK 



BASKETS, FOR HOISTING 



BATEA 



BEER 



BELL, TO CALL WORKMEN .. 



BELLOWS 362 373; 



Ancient use of 354; 355; 



Assay furnace 226; 



Mine ventilation with 207- 



BENI HASSEN, INSCRIPTIONS AT 



Berg-geel 



BERGMEISTER ... 33; 81; 95; 77; 



Deals with forfeited shares 



Jurors 



BERGMEISTER'S CLERK 



Bergzinober (see Quicksilver). 



BERMIUS (BERMIUM), MT. (see Mt. 

 Bermius) . 



BISMUTH 433; 354; 220 



Assaying ores of 247 



Indication of silver 116 



Minerals 2; 111 



Smelting of 433437; 400 



The " roof of silver " 117; 433 



Zaffre 112 



BITUMEN. 



Ancient knowledge of 220 ; 581582 ; 354 



Colour of fumes 235 



Dead Sea 33 



Distillation 581 



From springs 582 



Harmful to metals 273 



Roasting from ore 273; 276; 351 



Solidified juice 1 



Bituminosa cadmia (see Cadmia 

 bituminosa). 



BLAST, REGULATION OF 380; 386 



BLASTING 119 



BLENDE 113 



BLEYBERG 239 



BLOODSTONE Ill; 2 



BLOOM 420 



niutstein (see Ironstone). 



BOHEMIA. 



Antimony sulphide 



Pestilential vapours 216 



Sifting ore in 293 



Smelting 384 



BONE-ASH 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 



Ancient methods of making 



410; 354; 2 

 404405; 112 



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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. 



Lead-silver smelting 392 



Miners mentioned by Pliny 83 



Tin trade 411413 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Egyptian gold-mining 399 



Egyptian lead 390 



Egyptian steel 402 



BROMYRITE 109 



BRONZE. 



Historical notes 411; 402; 354 



BRONZE AGE 365; 402; 411 



BRYLE (Outcrop) 101 



BUCKETS, FOR HOISTING ORE 153 154; 157 



BUDDLE 281; 282; 267 



Divided 302 303 



Simple 300302; 312315 



BULLION, POURING INTO BARS 382 



BURNING ORE 231; 273; 267 



BURNT ALUM 233; 565; 221 



Cadmia (see also Zinc, Pompholyx, 



and Cobalt) 542; 542; 112113 



Ancient ore of brass 410 



From dust chambers 394 



From liquation 539; 542 



From roasting matte 349 



Poisonous to miners 214; 214 



Roasting 276 



Smel ting for gold and silver 41 



Cadmia bituminosa 276; 273; 113 



Cadmia fornacis (see Furnace Accre- 

 tions) . 



Cadmia fossilis (see Calamine and 

 Blende). 



Cadmia metallica (see also Cobalt) 403; 113 



Caeruleum (see Azure). 



CAKES OF MELTED PYRITES 379; 222 



A flux 234 



Roasting of 349351 



Use in smelting 379 



CALAEM (see also Zinc) 409 



CALAMINE 112; 113; 409; *10 



CALCITE 114 



CALCSPAR 116; 114 



Caldarium COPPER 512; 542; 404; 511 



CALDRONS, FOR EVAPORATING SALTS 548 



Calmei (see Calamine). 



CAMEROS. 



Zinc found at 409 



CAMPHOR 238; 238; 221 



CAM-SHAFT 282 283; 267 



Canutes (Ore Channels) 43; 46; 47 



Ore shoots in 117 



CANNON 11 



CARDINAL POINTS 57; 58 



CARNELIAN 114 



Carneol (see Carnelian). 



Carni 390 



Cupellation 483 



Smelting of lead ores 390 



CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS. 



Liquation practice in 540; 544 



Sieves 289 



Stamp-milling 319 



CARTHAGE. 



Mines in Spain 27 



CASTULO (Cazlona) 42 



CEMENTATION (see also Parting Gold 



from Silver) 453457; 453; 458 



Centumpondium 616; 242; 509 



Scale of weights 260261 



CERAGURITE 109 



Cerussa (see White-lead). 



CERUSSITE 



CHAIN PUMPS 171175 



CHALCANTHITE 



Chalcanthum (see also Vitriol) 109; 572 



