Prospecting for metals using divining rods (A,A) and trenching (B). Divining rods were used in exactly the same manner for water divining (dowsing). From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

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Prospecting for metals using divining rods (A, A) and trenching (B). Divining rods were used in exactly the same manner for water divining (dowsing). From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

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