Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s8.9
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s8.9
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Beckmann adds that an Englishman went to India in the seventeenth sentury to discover the process used there in the manufacture (of zinc), and returned with an account that it was obtained by distillation per descensum. I have not yet been able to identify this Englishman. (Ball, 1886-87: 322)