ROMAN LIQUID MEASURE.
| Cubic inches. | Pints. | |||||
| 1 | Quartarius | = | 8.6 | .247 | ||
| 4 | Quartarii | = | 1 | Sextarius | 31.4 | .991 |
| 6 | Sextarii | = | 1 | Congius | 206.4 | 5.947 |
| 16 | Sextarii | = | 1 | Modius | 550.4 | 15.867 |
| 8 | Congii | = | 1 | Amphora | 1650.0 | 47.577 |
(Agricola nowhere uses the Saxon liquid measures, nor do they fall into units comparable with the Roman).
GENERAL INDEX.
Note.—The numbers in heavy type refer to the Text; those in plain type to the Footnotes, Appendices, etc.
- Abandonment of Mines, [217]
- Abertham.
- Abolite, [113]
- Abstrich, [465]; [492]
- Abydos.
- Abzug, [464]; [465]; [475]
- Achates (see [Agate]).
- Accidents To Miners, [214]-[218]
- Accounts (Mining), [96]-[98]
- Adit, [101]
- Aeris flos (see [Copper Flowers]).
- Aeris squama (see [Copper Scales]).
- Aes caldarium, [109]
- Aes luteum, [109]
- Aes nigrum, [109]
- Aes purum fossile (see [Native Copper]).
- Aes rude plumbei coloris (see [Copper Glance]).
- Aes ustum (see [Roasted Copper]).
- Aetites, [2]
- Africa.
- Agate, [114]
- Agriculture.
- Mining compared with, [5]
- Ailments of Miners (see [Maladies of Miners]).
- Air Currents in Mines, [121]; [200]
- Alabaster, [114]
- Alchemists, [XXVII]-[XXX]; [44]; [608]
- Aljustrel Tablet, [83]-[84]
- Alkali, [558]
- Alloys, Assaying of, [247]-[252]
- Alluvial Mining, [321]-[348]; [330]-[332]
- Alston Moor, [84]
- Altenberg, [XXXI]; [VI].
- Alum, [564]-[568]; [564]-[570]
- Amalgam.
- Amalgamation, [297]
- Amber, [34]; [35]
- Amethyst, [114]
- Amiantus (see [Asbestos]).
- Ampulla, [445]-[447]; [220]
- Annaberg, [VI]; [XXXI]; [42]; [75]; [75]
- Profits, [92]
- Ant, venomous, [216]
- Antimony, [220]; [428]; [354]
- Antimony Sulphide, [220]; [428]; [451]
- Antwerp, Scale of Weights, [263]
- Apex Law, [81]; [83]-[86]
- Aqua regia, [439]; [441]; [354]
- Aqua valens (see also [Nitric Acid]), [439]-[443]; [439]; [220]
- Arbores dissectae (Lagging), [101]
- Archimedes, Screw of, [149]
- Architecture.
- Knowledge necessary for miners, [4]
- Area fodinarum (see [Meer]).
- Argentiferous Copper Ores, Smelting of, [404]-[407]
- Argentite, [109]
- Argentum purum in venis (see [Native Silver]).
- Argentum rude plumbei coloris (see [Silver Glance]).
- Argentum rude rubrum translucidum (see [Ruby Silver]).
- Argol, [234]; [220]
- Argonauts, [330]
- Arithmetical Science.
- Knowledge necessary for miners, [4]
- Armenia, Stone of, [115]
- Arsenic (see also [Orpiment] and [Realgar]), [111]; [214]
- Arsenicum, [111]
- Arsenopyrite, [111]
- Asbestos, [440]; [440]; [114]
- Ash-coloured Copper, [539]-[540]; [540]; [523]-[524]; [492]
- Ashes which Wool Dyers use (see also [Potash]), [233]; [559]; [220]
- Ash of Lead, [237]-[238]; [237]; [220]
- Ash of Musk Ivy (see also [Potash] and [Nitrum]), [236]-[238]; [220]
- Asphalt, [581]
- Asphaltites (see [Dead Sea]).
- Assay Balances (see [Balances]).
- Assay Fluxes (see [Fluxes]).
- Assay Furnaces, [224]-[228]; [220]
- Assaying (see also [Probierbüchlein]), [219]; [219]; [220]; [354]
- Assay Muffles (see [Muffles]).
- Assay Ton, [261]; [242]
- Assyrian Copper, [402]
- Asthma, [214]
- Astronomy.
- Knowledge necessary for miners, [4]
- Atarnea.
- Athens.
- Mining law, [83]
- Sea power and mines, [27]
- Silver mines (see [Mt. Laurion, Mines of]).
- Atramentum Sutorium (see also [Vitriol]), [572]; [110]
- Atramentum Sutorium candidum, [113]
- Atramentum Sutorium rubrum, [274]; [274]
- Aurichalcum, [409]; [404]
- Auripigmentum (see [Orpiment]).
- Azure, [1]; [109]; [220]
- Azurite [109]; [220]; [402]
- Babel, Tower of, [582]
- Babylonia.
- Babytace.
- Baebelo, [42]; [42]
- Balances, [224]; [264]-[265]
- Barite, [115]
- Barmaster, of High Peak, [77]
- Bars, for Furnace Work, [382]
- Baskets, for Hoisting, [153]
- Batea, [156]
- Beer, [230]; [220]
- Bell, to call Workmen, [100]
- Bellows, [362]-[373]; [419]
- Beni Hassen, Inscriptions at, [586]
- Berg-geel, [111]
- Bergmeister, [33]; [81]; [95]; [77]; [77]; [78]
- Bergmeister's Clerk, [95]; [78]
- Bergzinober (see [Quicksilver]).
- Bermius (Bermium), Mt. (see [Mt. Bermius]).
- Bismuth, [433]; [354]; [220]
- Bitumen.
- Bituminosa cadmia (see [Cadmia bituminosa]).
- Blast, Regulation of, [380]; [386]
- Blasting, [119]
- Blende, [113]
- Bleyberg, [239]
- Bloodstone, [111]; [2]
- Bloom, [420]
- Blütstein (see [Ironstone]).
- Bohemia.
- Bone-ash, [230]; [466]
- Borax, [560]; [221]; [110]
- Bornite, [109]
- Boundary Stones, [87]; [129]
- Boundaries, [77]; [147]
- Bowls for Alluvial Washing, [322]; [324]; [334]; [336]
- Brass, [410]; [354]; [2]
- Breaking Ore, [117]-[119]
- Brick Dust.
- Brine (see also [Salt]).
- Britain.
- British Museum.
- Bromyrite, [109]
- Bronze.
- Bronze Age, [355]; [402]; [411]
- Bryle (Outcrop), [101]
- Buckets, for Hoisting Ore, [153]-[154]; [157]
- Buddle, [281]; [282]; [267]
- Bullion, Pouring into Bars, [382]
- Burning Ore, [231]; [273]; [267]
- Burnt Alum, [233]; [565]; [221]
- Cadmia (see also [Zinc], [Pompholyx], and [Cobalt]), [542]; [542]; [112]-[113]
- Cadmia bituminosa, [276]; [273]; [113]
- Cadmia fornacis (see [Furnace Accretions]).
- Cadmia fossilis (see [Calamine] and [Blende]).
- Cadmia metallica (see also [Cobalt]), [403]; [113]
- Caeruleum (see [Azure]).
- Cakes of Melted Pyrites, [379]; [222]
- Calaëm (see also [Zinc]), [409]
- Calamine, [112]; [113]; [409]; [410]
- 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]
- Canales (Ore Channels), [43]; [46]; [47]
- Ore shoots in, [117]
- Cannon, [11]
- Cardinal Points, [57]; [58]
- Carnelian, [114]
- Carneol (see [Carnelian]).
- Carni, [390]
- Carpathian Mountains.
- Carthage.
- Mines in Spain, [27]
- Castulo (Cazlona), [42]
- Cementation (see also [Parting Gold from Silver]), [453]-[457]; [453]; [458]
- Centumpondium, [616]; [242]; [509]
- Cerargurite, [109]
- Cerussa (see [White-lead]).
- Cerussite, [110]
- Chain Pumps, [171]-[175]
- Chalcanthite, [110]
- Chalcanthum (see also [Vitriol]), [109]; [572]
- Chalcedony, [114]
- Chalcitis, [573]; [109]
- Indication of copper, [116]
- Chalcocite, [109]; [402]
- Chalcopyrite, [109]
- Chaldean Antimony, [429]
- Chemistry.
- Chemnitz.
- China, Grand Canal of, [129]
- Chinese.
- Chrysocolla (see also [Borax]), [110]; [221]; [584]; [1]
- Church, Share in Mines, [91]
- Cimolite, [31]
- Cinnabar (see [Quicksilver] and [Minium]).
- Claim, in American Title, [77]
- Cloth.
- Coal, [34]
- Cobalt, [354]; [542]; [112]-[113]
- Cobalt-Arsenic Minerals (see [Arsenic]).
- Cobaltite, [113]
- Cobaltum cineraceum (see [Smallite]).
- Cobaltum ferri colore (see [Cobaltite]).
- Cobaltum nigrum (see [Abolite]).
- Coiners, [95]; [78]
- Coins, [251]-[253]; [457]
- Colchis.
- Alluvial gold washing, [330]
- Cologne.
- Scale of weights, [263]
- Companies, Mining, [89]-[93]; [90]
- Compass, [141]-[142]; [56]; [129]
- Concentrates.
- Concentration, [267]-[348]; [279]; [354]
- Congius, [153]; [172], [617]
- Constantinople, Alum Trade, [569]
- Consumption.
- Miners liable to, [214]
- Conterfei (see [Zinc]).
- Contracts, Method of Setting, [96]
- Copiapite, [111]
- Copper (see also [Liquation]), [109]; [402]; [511]
- Copper-filings, [233]; [233]; [221]
- Copper flowers, [538]; [110]; [233]; [538]
- Pliny's description, [404]
- Copper Glance, [401]; [109]
- Copper Matte.
- Copper Ore (see also [Copper Smelting], etc.), [109]
- Copper Pyrites, [117]; [109]
- Copper Refining, [530]-[538]; [354]; [492]; [535]-[536]
- Copper Scales, [110]; [221]; [233]; [539]
- Use in assaying, [245]
- Copper Schists (see also [Mannsfeld Copper Slates]), [127]
- Method of smelting, [408]
- Copper Smelting, [388]-[390]; [401]; [404]; [402]
- Cornwall.
- Coticula (see [Touchstone]).
- Counterfeht (see [Zinc]).
- Crane.
- Cremnitz.
- Crinoid Stems, [115]
- Croppings, [37]; [37]
- Crosscuts, [106]
- Crowbars, [152]
- Crucible.
- Crudaria, [65]
- Crushing Mills (see [Stamp-mill] and [Mills]).
- Crushing Ore, [231]; [279]-[287]; [279]
- Crystal (Crystallum), [114]
- Cumberland.
- Cup-Bearer.
- Right to a meer, [81]
- Cupellation, [464]-[483]; [465]-[466]
- Cupels, [228]-[230]; [221]; [466]
- Cupric Oxide, [221]
- Cuprite, [109]; [402]
- Cyanus (see also [Azurite]), [110]
- Cyprus.
- Ancient copper smelting, [402]