GENERAL INDEX. 



Noii;. — Tlie numbcr.s in heavy type refer to the Text; 

 those in plain type to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc. 



Abandonment OF Mines 217 



Abertham. 

 Mines at 74; 92; 74 



Abolite 113 



Abslnch 465; 492 



Abydos. 



Gold mines of 26; 27 



Lead figure from 390 



Aheiig ifil; 465; 47.'> 



Achates {sec Agate). 



Accidents to Miners 214 — 218 



96-98 



Accounts (Mining) 



Adit 101 



Aeris fios {see Copper Flowers). 

 Aeris squama {see Copper Scale-s). 



Acs caldarium 109 



Aes hUeum 109 



Aes nigrum 109 



Aes punim fossite {see Native Copper). 

 Aes rude plumhei coloris {see Copper 



filance). 

 Aes ustitm {see Roasted Copper). 



Aetites 2 



.Africa. 



Iron 420 



Tin 412 



Agate 114 



.Agriculture. 



Mining compared with 5 



.Ailments of Miners (see Malaiiies of 

 Miners) . 



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 



.Aljustbel Tablet 83 — 84 



Alkali 558 



Alloys. Assaying of 247 — 2S2 



.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 564—563; 564—570 



.A solidified juice 1 



Elizabethan Charter 



In roasted pyrites 



In Sal artificiosus 



Latin and German terms 



Papal monopoly 



Use in making nitric acid 439 ; 460 



Amalgam. 



Parting the gold from 298; 297 



.Amalgama-^ion 297 



Of gilt objects 461 



Mills 295—299 



.Amber 34; 35 



Amethyst 114 



Amianttts {see .Asbestos). 



Ampulla 445-447; 220 



Annaberg VI; XXi ; 42; 75; 75 



Profits 92 



.Ant, veno.mous 216 



Antimony 220; 428; 354 



Minerals 110 



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 4S3 



Parting silver and iron 544 



283 

 350 

 463 



221 

 570 



.Antwerp, Scale of Weights 



Apex Law 81; 83 



Aijua regia 439; 441; 



Ai/ua valens {see also Nitric Acid)... 



439-443; 439; 



Clarification with silver 443; 



Cleansing gold-dust with 



Parting precious metals with 443- 



Arbores disseclae (Lagging) 



.Archimedes, Screw of 



Architecture. 



Knowledge necessary for miners 

 Area fodinaruni {see Meer). 

 .Argentiferous ('opper Ores, 



Smelting of 404- 



-Argentite 



Argentum puntm in vents (see Native 



Silver). 

 Argentum rude plumhei coloris (see 



Silver Glance). 

 Argentum rttde rubrum iranslucidum 



(see Ruby Silver). 

 .Argol 234; 



As a flux 234; 238; 



Use in melting silver nitrate 



Use in smelting gold dust 396- 



.Argonauts 



-Arithmetical Science. 



Knowledge necessary for miners... 



.Armenia, Stone of 



Arsenic {see also Orpiment and 



Realgar) Ill ; 



220 

 443 

 396 

 447 



407 



109 



220 

 243 

 447 

 398 



330 



.Arsenopyrite 



Asbestos 440; 440 



.Ash-coi.oured Copper 



539—540; 540; 523—524 



From liquation 529 



.Ashes which Wool Dyers use (see 



also PotAsh) 233; 559 



Use in assaying 23S 



Ash or Lead 237—238; 237 



Ash of Musk Ivy (see also Potash 



and Nitrum) 236—238 



-Asphalt 



Asphaltites {see Dead Sea). 



Assay Balances (see Balances). 



-Assay Flu.xes (see Fluxes). 



Assay Furnaces 224 — 228; 



Crucible 226 



Muffle 224—228; 



.\SSAYING {see also Probierlmchlein) ... 



219; 219; 2i'0 



Amalgamation 



Bismuth 



Copper 



Cupellation 



Gold and silver alloys 



Gold ore 242 



Iron ore 



Lead 245 



Silver 242 



Silver and copper alloys 249 



Tin 



Tin and silver alloys 



-Assay Muffles (see Muffles). 



Assay Ton 261 ; 



Assyrian Copper 



Asthma 



Astronomy. 



Knowledge necessarv for miners... 



238 



220 



220 

 -227 

 239 



243 

 247 

 244 

 240 

 248 

 -244 

 247 

 246 

 -245 

 -250 

 246 

 251 



242 

 402 

 214 



Mines near 



-Vthfns. 



Mining law 



Sea power and mines . 



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