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Such is the lead of the philosophers original: "o'm plūbū". Saturn Saturnus: the alchemical name for the metal lead verifies for one, that one is for exposition.
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The margin perfected the augmentation of quicksilver argentum vivum: literally "living silver," the common name for mercury and Venus Venus: the alchemical name for copper. Over the... to the lead, Sulfur and Quicksilver. Sulfur and Sal ammoniac original: "Sal armo," a salt used to clean metals and in sublimation as they flee the fire meaning these substances are volatile and evaporate when heated. Whence they are not equal in outward power + because they are oily. Therefore, extract this oil in the place of the air. Stones from human blood and human hair the use of organic materials like hair and blood was common in "spagyric" or medicinal alchemy. From this... Capillary from this part eyes are given here, which is the egg of the moon and the dew of the sea, where there are no men, there are hairs. Having them in two small ways in... amulets... it is said elsewhere that they have stones, both the rich and the poor, and it is said elsewhere... Coupling another... blood in the womb... it is clear that it is added with cold nature. In the movement of the throat, as in an alembic a distillation apparatus with a cooling "head", with verdigris original: "arūg," copper acetate it is the same as with its own blood in the retort when it is taken. In the "Bagdadia" likely referring to a specific alchemical process or vessel style of Arabic origin, not for the ears 10 of the word of Arabia, but then from that which you wish. Then by its own order, as the water of alkali and the wine of the... from the lye original: "lexiuā," a strong alkaline solution of this half. From the alum which does not...
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Of the water of alkali, because alkali is a salt... and potash cinis clauellat: "ash from small nails," a common term for potash or pearl ash from the earth... according to others, it is ash which is made from the wood of woad a plant used for blue dye and finally coagulated into a stone; then it is potash which is used...
ash of alkali
In French, ash of woad V original: "cendre de weyđ". The water of alkali should be made from alkali, very well shown... and let it be placed in an earthenware vessel and placed in a hot furnace for one night until it becomes white. And let it be moved... and add... of sweet water in this manner and... for two nights until the dregs of it reside. Then strain it correctly and use it. Every stone is sharpened by the ash of this water. It can be made from the dregs as the author taught in one... and place it with an alembic and put it in distillation in a... which is... it becomes volatile water Bagdadia of blood and afterward the fumes of the alembic... in the Bagdadia with quicksilver and it will give this plainly as taught, for it has many prerogatives the librellum is a vessel in the manner of an earthenware bell as taught and not.
Close the fumes of the librellum this refers back to the "libellum" or "little book" vessel from the previous page. That is, a certain earthenware vessel in the manner of a bell made of iron and it has a round hole, that is, for smoking. And... this and nothing else except as it is led and... quicksilver (mercury). And the roundness of the vessel must not be able to evaporate because of the end of the fire and it must flee where there is evaporation. Make a slow fire and... in 80... so that it holds not in the bottom of the vessel until it congeals. Viewing... here are a thousand... it will be clear through one of the greatest labors, all being made plain thing by thing, with quicksilver and a thousand parts... as gold or brass original: "aūricala" and it shall have the effect.
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