History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c84.13

c84.13

6. Take zinc on tin (*Gsa'.tse=tin*) and mercury dust (sediment) of equal proportion and powder them. Add (*sla.ba*) juice (of a kind of white coloured flower), double in proportion, with half of (the above mentioned) powder according to the method (mentioned in) spoken by Candrapaksa (*zla.bai.phyogs*). This compound can polish ('*big*—to pierce) many (lit. sixty four) sheets of copper (plates).