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

Note 4 — BOOK VI.

Herbert Hoover translation

Ingestores. This is a case of Agricola coining a name for workmen from the work, the term being derived from ingero, to pour or to throw in, used in the previous clause—hence the "reason." See p. xxxi.

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