[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) › v2.c32.s12 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s12: Chemistry in Dhaturatnamala A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s12 - **Language:** English ### Chemistry in Dhaturatnamala ### [v2.c32.s12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s12.1) In the beginning the author after salutation says : "I shall speak of silver, gold, copper, lead, tin and iron as also of calamine, mica, pearls, coral, orpiment, realgar, the pyrites, mercury and diamond,—in fact, the properties of all the metals and minerals and the mode of their incineration." ### [v2.c32.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s12.2) Killing of silver. Cf. Vol. i, p. 107. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s12) · Pramāṇa