I N D E X.

In the Fourth part, concerning artificial principles, the following are contained.


XXXVIII.	Division of the topics to be discussed in this part, with an introduction to the perfection to be taught in the second book.	56
XXXIX.	Concerning Sublimation The process of heating a solid until it becomes a vapor and then solidifies again, used for purification., and why it was invented.	58
XL.	What Sublimation is, and concerning the three degrees of fire to be observed within it.	59.
XLI.	Concerning the dregs original: "fecibus" of metallic bodies to be added to the spirits in sublimation, and their quantity.	61
XLII.	Concerning the moderation of the fire in Sublimation.	63
XLIII.	Concerning the errors to be avoided regarding the quantity of dregs and the arrangement of the furnace in subliming Sulfur and arsenic. Also concerning the construction of the furnace and the selection of wood.	64
XLIIII.	From what material and in what shape the aludel Aludel: a series of pear-shaped pots used as receivers in the sublimation process should be made.	67
XLV.	Concerning the sublimation of Mercury or quicksilver.	70
XLVI.	Concerning the sublimation of Marcasite In early chemistry, this often referred to various metallic sulfides like pyrite..	71
XLVII.	Concerning the vessel in which Marcasite can be correctly sublimed.	72
XLVIII.	Concerning the sublimation of Magnesia and Tutia Tutia: zinc oxide collected from the flues of smelting furnaces, likewise of imperfect bodies, and concerning the addition of material to lift them up.	75
XLIX.	Concerning descension A method of distillation where the vapor or liquid travels downward, and the method of purifying through pellets.	76
L.	Concerning distillation and its causes, and concerning its three types: namely by the alembic, by the descensory, and by the filter.	78
LI.	Concerning calcination Heating a substance to high temperatures to reduce it to a powder or oxide of both bodies and spirits, with its causes and methods.	82
LII.	Concerning solution The process of dissolving a solid into a liquid state.	88
LIII.	Concerning coagulation and its causes, and concerning the diverse methods of coagulating Mercury and dissolved medicines.	90
LIIII.	Concerning fixation The process of making a volatile substance stable under heat and its causes, and concerning the diverse methods of fixing bodies and spirits.	96
LV.	Concerning Ceration The process of softening a substance until it has a wax-like consistency.	99

IN THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SUMMA

of Perfection, the following are contained.

LVI. Preface dividing the second book into three parts. 101

In the first part, concerning the knowledge of things from which the possibility and method of perfection can be understood, the following are contained.


LVII.	That the knowledge of the perfection of this art depends on the knowledge of the nature of spirits and bodies, and that he wishes to treat both copiously.	ibid.
LVIII.	Concerning the nature of Sulfur and Arsenic.	102