[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) › c36.s5.27 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s5.27 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s5.27 - **Language:** English ### [c36.s5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.27) A process for making factitious cinnabar by pouring mercury into its own weight of molten sulphur and then adding three-fourths its weight of orpiment.....The mass is to be rubbed in a mortar and subjected to sublimation. 28-30 - [Previous: c36.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.26) - [Next: c36.s5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.28) - [Up: c36.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s5.27) · Pramāṇa