Chemical Library

In the Roth-Scholtz Library.

Of the iron nail transformed into gold at Florence. §. 50.
Of the proofs original: "Specimibus" — demonstrations or physical examples of the work. of the art publicly demonstrated in Rome by CHADLAT under Pope URBAN VIII. §. 51. Of the transformation of metals achieved by AGRICOLA at Salzburg and in a monastery in Italy. §. 52. Of MAMUGNANI’S fate original: "fatis" — the life story or ultimate end. and the rapid coupling original: "præcipiti copula" — a sudden chemical joining or reaction. of Mercury Symbolized by ☿ in the original. into Gold. Symbolized by Sol in the original. §. 53. Of GVALDO in Venice and the feat of the art proven there by an apothecary of Treviso. §. 54. Of the proofs of the art presented in Chur by a Genoese adept—formerly an apothecary's apprentice under Mr. Morgenbesser—along with two other stories that took place in Copenhagen and Breslau. §. 55. Of the fate and arts of the famous Milanese GIUSEPPE FRANCESCO BORRI. Borri (1627–1695) was a famous alchemist, prophet, and charlatan who traveled the courts of Europe. §. 56. Of the gold made from lead by the Prince of Dietrichstein using a powder obtained from an Italian nobleman, and of Dr. Oswald King. §. 57. Testimony of Pastor Grass of Geneva regarding the transmutation of metals original: "transmutatione metallorum" demonstrated by an Italian there. §. 58. Various examples of gold-making cited by the Count of MIRANDOLA. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, who wrote against astrology but discussed the possibilities of alchemy. §. 59. The transformation of metals performed by an unknown person in BOYLE’S Laboratory in England. Robert Boyle, though a founder of modern chemistry, remained deeply interested in and practiced alchemical transmutation. §. 60. The story described by NAXAGORAS The OCR reads "NAXAVORA," likely a reference to the alchemical author known as Naxagoras. of a Swede who was said to have transformed 3 pounds of lead into gold in Hungary. §. 61. The rich transformation of lead into gold accomplished at the home of Pastor Jehlin in Weissenkirch, by means of a paper in which the Philosopher's Stone original: "Lapis philosophorum" — the legendary substance capable of turning base metals into gold. had previously been wrapped. §. 62. The curious transformation of lead into gold performed in Hanau by a Bohemian nobleman, using that which remained clinging inside an emptied canister of the gold-making powder. §. 63. The [transformation] performed by a soldier in the Franciscan monastery at Würzburg...