[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.t1.102 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.t1.102 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.t1.102 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.t1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.102) Opium also is prescribed; while the term yasada is used to indicate zinc. As a distilling apparatus a tinned copper vessel is recommended. Mahommedan influence is distinctly discernible in this hybrid production. The very title of the book is no doubt Sanskritised from the Persian arrak (essence). - [Previous: v2.c32.t1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.101) - [Next: v2.c32.t1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.103) - [Up: v2.c32.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.t1.102) · Pramāṇa