[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) › c21.7 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c21.7 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c21.7 - **Language:** English ### [c21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21.7) \\* \\* \\* \\* Mercury rubbed with the ingredients of the \*vida\* and roasted in a closed crucible, is \*killed\* instantly. That mercury now acquires the power of converting a base metal into thousand times its weight of gold. 13-16 - [Previous: c21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21.6) - [Next: c21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21.8) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c21.7) · Pramāṇa