[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956) › c17.s2.1 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.s2.1 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s2.1) 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 five salts, \*Piper nigrum\*, \*Piper longum\*, the dried root of ginger, the juice of \*Moringa pterygosperma\*, the tuber of \*Amorphophalus campanulatus\*, can readily amalgamate itself with the eight metals. - [Previous: c17.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s1.24) - [Next: c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s2.2) - [Up: c17.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c17.s2.1) · Pramāṇa