A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s2.t1.7
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s2.t1.7
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v2.c32.s2.t1.7
The reader who feels interest in this subject may consult Berthelot's "La Chimie au moyen âge," t. i. pp. 31 *et seq.*, where will be found several recipes for augmenting gold *aurum plurimum facere*, or for the "fabrication of gold." One example may be cited here. Take gold, copper and mercury, make an amalgam of the whole, afterwards add sulphur, orpiment, "sandarac"(a kind of resin) and the bile of the vulture &c. The author of the recipe thus concludes :—"Thou wilt now discover a secret, which is sacred and worthy of praise" (*l. c.* p. 35).