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occurred at Rheinburg. §. 14. Of Baron von WAGNERECK and his betrayal by Dr. HORTODT. §. 15. Of the goldsmith Sommer's useful record book. The original Latin "Albo" (album) refers to a register or white tablet used for recording notes or names. §. 16. Of Dr. GASSMAN (or PANTALEON) and the fixation The alchemical process of turning a volatile substance into a stable solid that can withstand fire. of mercury original symbol: ☿ into silver. §. 17. Of the transmutation that occurred at the house of Mr. Bauhof, the Imperial Court Goldsmith in Vienna. §. 18. Of the fates original Latin: "fatis" — referring to his destiny or life story. of the fraud CAJETANO and the transmutations he performed in Berlin. §. 19. Of the transmutations demonstrated by the apothecary's apprentice Bötticher in Berlin at Mr. Zorn's, and the apothecary's apprentice Braun in Frankfurt at Mr. Salzwedel's. Johann Friedrich Böttger (Bötticher) was a famous alchemist who, while failing to make gold for the King of Poland, accidentally discovered the secret to making European hard-paste porcelain. §. 20. Of what occurred at Mr. Stoll's in Leipzig in the year 1704 with an unknown person. §. 21. Of MONTESNYDERS' specimens of the transmutatory art original Latin: "Speciminibus artis transmutatoriæ" demonstrated at Aachen and elsewhere. §. 22. Of what occurred with the gold-worker CARL de le BLON in Frankfurt. §. 23. Of the remarkable event that happened in The Hague with Dr. HELVETIUS. Johann Friedrich Helvetius (1630–1709) wrote one of the most famous accounts of meeting a mysterious stranger who gave him a tiny piece of the Philosopher's Stone. §. 24. Of [van] HELMONT'S testimony and experience. Jan Baptist van Helmont was a pioneering chemist and physician who claimed to have performed transmutation himself. §. 25. Of the fates original Latin: "fatis" and great wealth of Mr. Butler from England. §. 26. Of the fates of a Chief Notary original Latin: "Proto-Notarii" and the tincture A liquid alchemical preparation believed to be able to change base metals into gold. given to them by an Arab. §. 27. Of the fates of de la BRIE and the art of making gold learned from an Arabian philosopher. §. 28. Of another story said to have occurred in "unfortunate Arabia" and several Arabian philosophers. §. 29. Of a Dervish who would rather die than reveal the Art. §. 30. Of the gold made by RAYMOND LULLY and GEORGE RIPLEY in England. Lully and Ripley were two of the most celebrated names in alchemical history; their works were widely studied for centuries. §. 31. Of the English and American PHILALETHA, and his astonishing tincture. Eirenaeus Philalethes was the pseudonym of an influential 17th-century alchemist, later identified as George Starkey, who lived for a time in the American colonies. §. 32. Of Swedish, Mainz, Anhalt, Gotha, and other coins original Latin: "Nummis" struck from gold and silver made through the chemical art. §. 33.