[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c11.t29 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t29: Purification of Quicksilver A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t29 - **Language:** English ### Purification of Quicksilver ### [v1.c11.t29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t29.1) “Quicksilver rubbed with the juice of the aforesaid plants (\*vide\* original text) and distilled seven times, becomes pure.” ### [v1.c11.t29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t29.2) “Quicksilver, made into a paste by being rubbed with copper and subjected to distillation, leaves behind tin and lead \[with which they are often adulterated\] and becomes pure.” X. 55-56 ## Cites (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya.10.55) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t29) · Pramāṇa