A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t24: Brass from Calamine and Copper Mistaken for Gold

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t24

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Brass from Calamine and Copper Mistaken for Gold

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"Rasaka : There are three, kinds of it; namely of yellow colour, of the appearance of treacle, and

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(1) R. R. S. has borrowed this description and added some more characteristics of the mineral, from which it would appear that "Vimala" is also a variety of pyrites. [Vide R. R. S. Bk. ii.]

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of the colour of stones. What wonder is it that Rasaka mixed with [certain organic matters] and roasted three times with copper converts the latter into gold?" VII. 31-34

Linked texts (1)

Rasaratnasamuccaya — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit