A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c15.s1.1

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It will be seen Gladwin's rendering of *Ain-i-Akbari* is not very reliable; it may, however, be noted here that even Blochmann in his much improved and more accurate translation erroneously renders *jost* as "pewter."¹ The *rúh i tútia* (spirits of tutia) is used in the above extract in the same sense as in *Rasārnava*, which describes zinc as the *svattam* (essence) of *rasaka* (see p. 71). In R. R. S. also we find that blue vitriol yields a "*svattam*," which is no other than copper² (p. 86).