[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.c24.s2.1 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c24.s2.1 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c24.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.1) Abhra (mica), . . . . . 81 killed . . . . . 82 Acid, the . . . . . 40, 128 mineral, . . . . . 174, 185 nitric, . . . . . 188 sulphuric, . . . . . 188 Adrija (bitumen), . . . . . 81 " Aetzkali," . . . . . 183 Aethiops mineral, . . . . . 58, 61 Agneya astra, . . . . . 180 Agni-astra (Fire-arms), . . . . . 179 Agnijāra, . . . . . 96, 97 Ahen-tchini, . . . . . 166 Air, . . . . . 4 Akāsa (ether), . . . . . 4 Alchemy, Syrian, . . . . . 113 Alchemical ideas in the Vedas, . . . . . i Alchemy (Hindu), down of, . . . . . iii Alkali (kshāra), the, . . . . . 39-41, 69, 128 art of extracting, . . . . . 191 caustic, . . . . . 37, 41 mild, . . . . . 41 neutralisation of, . . . . . 40 use and preparation of, . . . . . 41 Alloys, the, . . . . . 104 - [Previous: v1.c24.s1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s1.52) - [Next: v1.c24.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.2) - [Up: v1.c24.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.1) · Pramāṇa