[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.c12.t2.55 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t2.55 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t2.55 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.t2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2.55) Calamine is be powdered with lac, treacle, white mustard, the myrobalans, natron and borax and the mixture boiled with milk and clarified butter and made into balls. These are to be enclosed in a crucible and strongly heated. The contents are then poured on a slab of stone—the essence of calamine of the beautiful appearance of tin (thus obtained) is to be used. - [Previous: v1.c12.t2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2.54) - [Next: v1.c12.t2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2.56) - [Up: v1.c12.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c12.t2.55) · Pramāṇa