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[Men chopping wood, damming stream, and washing ore demonstrate a sluicing method for obtaining stones from which tin is made]
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Illus. and text in: De re metallica / Georg Agricola. Basileae : [Apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium], 1556, p. 270.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 201.
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01/01/1556
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