-JKP- > 05-02-2016, 11:00 PM
(05-02-2016, 10:08 PM)EllieV Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Manuscript germ. qu. 14 has image of some pipes decorated with dots. The folks in the image are producing saltpeter. Does anybody know what the dotted pipes are used for?
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EllieV > 05-02-2016, 11:49 PM
(05-02-2016, 11:00 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes in the VMS often remind me of the pipes that were left over from the old Roman aqueducts which, I believe, were ceramic.
(05-02-2016, 11:00 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes in the VMS often remind me of the pipes that were left over from the old Roman aqueducts which, I believe, were ceramic.
-JKP- > 06-02-2016, 04:41 AM
(05-02-2016, 11:49 PM)EllieV Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes in the German manuscript - is it possible they were used in the process of drying the saltpeter? Something that has holes to help vent?
That's definitely a possibility.
(05-02-2016, 11:00 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes in the VMS often remind me of the pipes that were left over from the old Roman aqueducts which, I believe, were ceramic.
Here is how the water supply pipes look in the same manuscript. They are colored the same as the dotted pipes - but no dots. How did they supply those castles in the Alps with water? Did they dig wells or had aqueducts?
EllieV > 06-02-2016, 04:36 PM
(06-02-2016, 08:58 AM)Helmut Winkler Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes were used in the crystallization of the saltpetre, cp. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , especially p. 29
(06-02-2016, 08:58 AM)Helmut Winkler Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The pipes were used in the crystallization of the saltpetre, cp. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , especially p. 29
Helmut Winkler > 07-02-2016, 01:33 PM
EllieV > 07-02-2016, 04:33 PM
(07-02-2016, 01:33 PM)Helmut Winkler Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.According to the pdf ...
You are quite correct. It is Recipe 117 over Abb. 6 ( from Cpg 122 f. 7v/8r, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )
Very free translation:
How to make saltpetre in a way to let it grow better than on a wall. If you want s. growung better than on a wall I ask you to make a pipe as big as you want it which must be full of small holes. ...(Mix up the ingredients and fill them into the pipe, hang it three days into the sun, empty fluid out) ... And hang it into a cellar and you will have a good growing of s.
As far as I know clay pipes were not used in the Middle Ages for drainage, only open ditches.
Davidsch > 20-02-2016, 04:26 PM