[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.c16.s3.1 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s3.1 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.1) Geber was up till recently credited with being the discoverer of nitric acid, aqua regia, silver nitrate &c. A careful examination of the works of Geber, both real and pretended, notably of the celebrated \*Summa perfectionis magisterii\*, has convinced M. Berthelot that the knowledge of the mineral acids was unknown not only to the Arabs but also to the European alchemists of the thirteenth century. It was a Latin author of the latter half of the 13th century who wrote the above memorable work and assumed the - [Previous: v1.c16.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s2.8) - [Next: v1.c16.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.2) - [Up: v1.c16.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c16.s3.1) · Pramāṇa