[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.t30 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t30: Killing of Mercury A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t30 - **Language:** English ### Killing of Mercury ### [v1.c11.t30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t30.1) “Green-vitriol, alum, salt, borax, mixed with the aforesaid vegetable drugs, (\*vide\* original text), kill mercury in an instant \[in the shape of calomel.”\] XI. 24 ## Cites (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya.11.24) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c11.t30) · Pramāṇa