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De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556

Note 22 — BOOK VI. (continued 2)

Herbert Hoover translation

Pliny (XXXIII, 40). "Those employed in the works preparing vermilion, cover their faces with a bladder-skin, that they may not inhale the pernicious powder, yet they can see through the skin."

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