Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

...a true dissolution, transfusion through the smallest parts original: "transfusio per minima." This refers to a perfect mixture where substances are joined at the level of their smallest particles., and a complete penetration, it [profane chemistry] is unaware of.

To enliven a body means: to impart to it the substance of heat original: "Wärmestoff." See note on page 18 regarding "caloric" or the physical fluid of heat., and thereby give it permeability, refinement, and movement.

Only that which is enlivened can enliven in turn; — to make metals alive means: to enliven them. —

Main observations on the decomposition original: "Zerlegung." Can also mean analysis or breakdown. of gold.

Gold consists of two types of things, of which two are superficial, but one is essential.

The superficial parts constitute the binding components of the metal; they are the metallic earth and the liquid of phosphorus; — the bound substance is the phosphoric sulfur original: "Phosphorschwefel." A term from late 18th-century "phosphoric" alchemy, where phosphorus was seen as a key to the light-principle in matter., and therefore all metals dissolve radically Radical dissolution: A breakdown that reaches the "root" (radix) or fundamental essence of a substance, rather than just changing its outward appearance. as soon as they are overlaid with phosphoric sulfur: the sulfur found within the metal unites as a bound component with the overlay, and therefore expels the binding parts, or the metallic ground, the virgin earth original: "terram virgineam." In alchemy, this is the pure, white, and uncorrupted base matter that remains once impurities are removed..