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

Note 21 — BOOK VIII. (continued 2)

Herbert Hoover translation

[Pg 348][21] From a metallurgical point of view all of these operations are roasting. Even to-day, however, the expression "burning" tin is in use in some parts of Cornwall, and in former times it was general.

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