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Lakiuetially.df Jeq^ali-g©@iQgfs, I<Mequally c^alfeable, '6ia.|tid=-
count of. its extreme: hardnefs requires 'ak'-’-immenle * 'quantity of
wood, and tho’ pot inferior in real vaJfeje- fea^not'^e'attended at fo
lowaprice as in Sweden: | the .lower elajk;i®fi people ’therei*are
iunder a '^Mit^ofc-wOFfcing: for LMal ‘-wkgifosfoifd & nOOPipeSfant,
often undertakes;: ariliftlq. found^VrfilasieE«?!!,’- being -frtfe) Of &
quick vent; .wfopeas in Norway, all the-dfontafelim general is
Wrought at a great expencp, and, the fcvefal branches of it require
a very opulent proprietor, or even a lociety of proprietors. • Out
ofifoeimoortiifon,: which- is; (found :.iit>Ja^§gi |up® aiflifog tih#<4io-
rafles, the pealant himfelf makes his| domeilfotoolsjandUtenfils *
However next to foe .timber* iron is ©he of * the moft-iplttfitfole
produ<Sb (rfsNorMfajqi^veMi'hundEedfotmiakd^dlfttaL Aeing^anT
dually exported, partly, and chiefly in bars, partly in caft iron; as
Roves; cannon, pots, foettles; andi theU^e; foe national- profitof
which is eftimated at .three orfourfoundiied thoufand rixdbilars:
Thefe. iron works are foe following. <;
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Lift of ae ; B areboe, likdwife. c alled -Baaifclands-works,; lies tw o N o rw a y -
m ile s f r o m . A r e n d a l; th is is, o n c c o f t h e roldeft, a n d -ftill .in a^good
c o n d itio n . : s
Barums-work, like foe former, and clofe Jo. it.- * Its ore is foy
in Regn. Mr. Swedenborg accounted the bell in K,drway.
pUb^g. Bolvig’s-work, not far from ikeen. eg
Dikkemarks-wprk near. foa.t of Bafom, is- at. pscfent. difconti-
nued. ! ‘
Edfvolds-work in Over-rommerige, its f6underies and machines
are to be feen in the above-mentioned plate; of Mr. Swedenborg’s
work, page 165 « jjmi&i •
Egelahds-work in the pariih ofGierftadt, is but a little undertaking.
Eidsfos-work iu foeredtihtjf pf Tarllberg,
st Foflam-work1 near fkeen, is one of the beft, and famous for foe
great nurober of cannop calf there.
.,, * In the parifh. ofjVinia'in Waas, is a kind of moor-iron, as hard as fteel, of which
the peafants make:excellent axes, icythes, knives,, and the like.-
Hack-
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Ha'kkêdals-Wörk ini-HaHelahd;- -foutf Mörway •’ miles from
Gi^ifo^niai
, | Mongfberg-work has for feme time been; intermitted on account
of favingfoe'eoals for foei fov.eas-ifoheis.
Xaudwige-hsr-workfoelonging tat foe county of, that name, is; thé
largefh and.ofjfoè greateft produce1 throughout the whole-country.
Leffas ukGulbramdöale below .Dofrefield, was, opened a ifoond
time in 171 o,i Mr.: Swedenborg.defcifoes it in,pag. ÈÊÊffëjé,
^ ^Mpflèrwork, near.-foe tów®f\Ql|iM<^b |
r Nefr-Work .not far. fjf©ifn-,LaqryjigeUj i and belqngingto the famp I
ffgprietor. fla.,
: Qudals^w^fo in focjdiftrittof Solfen; foe Ore of this is poor. |
. ^fald/near .Kfagerjg.^,
‘Ulêfos, likewife called Haldens-work, qne Norway-lnile, and -a
half frqm Sk-eeri- A particular cireu'inftance of foist work is, that
the iroft-mines run under ^a. lake,, fo that for4a, quartet of a, mile,,
the roof,of..the rnines has a deep water oyer .it, the motion m
which may be plainly heard within the mine.
It remains to be obferved, thaï iron was the firft metal wrought
in this 'country, , and many hundrefo vear-s before foe working of
foe^more precious metals was .thought of, and by all, accounts foe
óldeft works’-are foóïe oftEilefiéld near* Saint Thomas’s church,
and in Lefloe and Ediwold; ; but .foe fooctf-irdti was. certainly, foe
firft difcovered. Ol. Wormius lays,. {‘ Tacitus refert, Gotthones
coluife ferri, fodinas. Agricola ^ cdebrat, qua: inter fegnedalL
am “et ofterdaliam font,. ut et ,in Telemaxclua ad fcrtium a feida
pppidö japidefo erau^fof.. •
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By. all foe intelligence I have been able to "acquire, tin has , not Lead-wort*,
yet been found in fois fcpuntry, but in foe county, of Jarlibefg,
lead is found mixed with the filver-ore, as I have before mentioned;
this lead is faid to have a frardnefs in it, which renders it
not fo fit for ufr in the Kongfoerg founderies ascöuld be wiftied.;
and therefore1 it is generally dilpofed of to the-Aglifo. . The old
grooves near Chriftiania -for Aggerhuus-caftle, are laid to havé
been worked in fearch of léad and copper, and not for filver-ore,
as Agricola pretends.
But