[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.s13 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s13: Chemistry in Rasapradipa A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s13 - **Language:** English ### Chemistry in Rasapradipa ### [v2.c32.s13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s13.1) Description for preparing mineral acids by distillation :—" Saṅkhadrāvarasa or liquid for dissolving conchshells,—practically the same as given under "mineral acids" in Vol. i, p. 186. The last line says : " Cowrie-shells and metals dropped into the liquid are at once dissolved." ### [v2.c32.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s13.2) Preparation of calomel and treatment of " phiraṅgaroga" (syphilis) with its application. Cf. Vol. i, p. 252. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s13) · Pramāṇa