The image shows the layout of one of the twelve reverberatory furnaces for quicksilver metallurgy that were built in the Calle de Santa Ana of the Real de minas de Azogue de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in New Spain. These furnaces were made on the outside of brick and lime, to resist water, and on the inside of brick and clay, to preserve the fire. The picture explains how they worked.
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Print from the memoirs of Antoine de Jussieu. Aludel furnace and equipment for the distillation of mercury used in the Almadén mines.
Silver production in the main silver deposits of central Europe (Erzgebirge, Schwaz, Thuringia, Neusohi, Joachimsthal) in the 16th century
Table analysing the evolution of silver coinage in the Crown of Aragon after the arrival of silver from the American continent
Table showing the evolution of silver coin issues in the Aragonese crown, as well as the variables that were specific to them and altered them according to monetary policy: weight and nominal value
Stabilisation of the monetary movement under the reign of Charles II in Spain
Explanatory video on colonial mining in Potosí
Short video explaining the birth of the Mint in the American dominions
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