[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.s2.30 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c24.s2.30 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c24.s2.30 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.s2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.30) Magnetite . . . . . 137 Mahābhagga . . . . . xxxvi Makaradhvaja . . . . . 132 Mākshika ( pyrites ) . . . . . 69, 81, 84, 137 Manassilā (rēalgar), . . . . . 93 Matter, constitution and properties of, ... ... 1 Mayūratuttham . . . . . 171 Mercury . . . . . 73 ash of, . . . . . 74, 105 black sulphide of . . . . . 61 earliest historical evidence of the internal use of, xxviii fixation of, . . . . . 131 incineration of, . . . . . 132 killing of, . . . . . 37 philosophy of, . . . . . xcvi purification of, . . . . . 130 swooning state of, . . . . . lxxiv tests for killed (mercury) ... ... ... 74 use of, . . . . . 48 Metals, the . . . . . 24, 48, 104, 127, 152 "bastard" . . . . . xcviii calces of, . . . . . 24 colouring of, . . . . . 74 calcination of, . . . . . 126 killed . . . . . 31 killing of, . . . . . 72 smell of, . . . . . 113 roasting of, . . . . . 46, 126 the five . . . . . 25, 72 (x) the six . . . . . 44, 157 tests of a pure . . . . . 68 Metallurgy . . . . . 152 Minerals, the . . . . . 81 definition of, . . . . . 8 essence of, . . . . . 169 external application for, ... ... ... 45 notes on the . . . . . 133 Misrakam . . . . . 112 Mriddārasringakam . . . . . 96, 98 Mundam (wrought iron) . . . . . 108 - [Previous: v1.c24.s2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.29) - [Next: v1.c24.s2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.31) - [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.s2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c24.s2.30) · Pramāṇa