[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.c34.223 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.223 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.223 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.223) It may be noted that the mixtures called Vidas, which potentially contained dilute mineral acids, were regularly employed not only in killing the metals (forming their oxides and chlorides), but—what is of fundamental importance—for purposes of chemical decomposition of metallic salts, etc. and the extraction and purification of metals. - [Previous: v2.c34.222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.222) - [Next: v2.c34.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.224) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.223) · Pramāṇa