[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.s2.t1.24 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s2.t1.24 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s2.t1.24 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.s2.t1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1.24) I shall now explain \[the process of\] fixation of mercury. The king of rasas (mercury), rubbed with the juice of lime, sal-ammoniac, the acids, the alkalies, the 5 salts, \*Piper nigrum\*, \*P. longum\*, the dried root of ginger, the juice of \*Moringa pter.\*, the tuber of \*Amorphophallus campanulatus\*, can readily amalgamate itself with the 8 metals. 1 - [Previous: v2.c32.s2.t1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1.23) - [Next: v2.c32.s2.t1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1.25) - [Up: v2.c32.s2.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s2.t1.24) · Pramāṇa