[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) › c84.13 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c84.13 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c84.13 - **Language:** English ### [c84.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.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). - [Previous: c84.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84.12) - [Next: c84.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84.14) - [Up: c84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c84.13) · Pramāṇa