A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c19.6
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c19.6
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We have thus a ready explanation of the conversion of mercury and other metals into their chlorides when they were heated in combination with audvida and other salts (see p. 48). The magnesium sulphate would readily yield sulphuric acid, which with sodium chloride and nitre, might be expected to produce aqua regia; (for further information see under "rasakarpúra" or the chlorides of mercury).