INDEX.

To induce sleep. 71
Mirrors. 118
To preserve service berries and pears. original: "Sorba, & pyra feruare." The service berry (Sorbus) was a common fruit in early modern Europe. 45
How mirrors are cast. 128
Visual representations of a concave mirror made from several flat sections. 124
How the metal foil is applied to mirrors. original: "bracteola," referring to the thin leaf of tin or lead used to create the reflective surface. 127
To light a fire with concave mirrors. 150
With flat mirrors, so that the head is seen below and the feet above. 121
With many flat mirrors, so that things occurring far away in other places may be seen. 122
Various effects of a concave mirror. 149
How one looking into a convex cylindrical mirror might see a hanging image of another thing in the air. 125
To construct a mirror in which many diverse images are seen. 126
To assemble a mirror from flat pieces in which one image appears to approach while another appears to recede. 121
A mirror made of flat pieces in which multiple images of one thing appear. 121
How to set up a mirror of flat pieces so one may see an image floating in the air. 123
To construct a many-view mirror. 121
How a mirror is set up so that you see nothing except what you wish. 122

Tin and its medicines. In an alchemical context, "medicines" refers to substances used to treat or transform the metal. 105
To remove the shrieking sound and softness of tin. original: "Stanni stridorem." This refers to the "cry of tin," a distinctive crackling sound produced when bending the metal. 105
To remove deafness with tin. 106
To turn tin into lead. 106
Methods of sublimation. A chemical process where a solid is turned into vapor and back to solid to purify it. 94
Oil of sulfur. 94
Oil of talc. 93
The foot of a tortoise, when suspended, calms the pains of gout. 130
Various fruits and medicated wines. 42
A vessel throwing forth wind. 59
How poisons may be guarded against. 67
To serve in the camps of Venus. original: "Venereis in castris militare." A poetic and common early modern euphemism for sexual activity or the use of aphrodisiacs. 62