The Chemical Writings of Brother Basilius Valentinus: The Treatises of Heinrich Eschenreuter

purified Gold The alchemical symbol for the Sun (☉) represents Gold.; afterward take one part of this Tincture, and project it upon thirty parts of Tin The symbol for Jupiter (♃) represents Tin. in a crucible A ceramic or graphite container (🝓) used for melting metals at high temperatures., and let it stand for six hours; thus you will obtain the best Silver The symbol for the Moon (☽) represents Silver.. When you tincture To "tincture" a metal is to transform its internal nature or color through the addition of a potent alchemical substance. one pound of Tin, you can have four lots A German unit of weight, roughly 15 grams. of Gold out of it. Use it for your own welfare and that of your neighbor.

The third Particular and Tincture of Iron into Gold. The heading uses the symbols for Mars (♂) and the Sun (☉).

Take of the best Styrian original: "Steyermärckischen." Styria, in modern-day Austria, was famous for its high-quality iron ore. Iron and melt it with common Salt represented by the symbol 🜔., so that it stands in flow like water; afterward pour it out into a cold, smooth pot, and take away the impurity which is on top, and pound the Iron small in an iron mortar, and you will obtain a brown powder. Take this same powder and put it into Spirit of Salt The symbols 🜖 and 🜔 combined refer to the "Spirit of Salt," or hydrochloric acid. and let it lie therein for a good hour in a warm place. When it is now dissolved? The symbol 🝔 is unclear but suggests a state of dissolution or purification., then take it out and wash it well with distilled rain-water or snow-water, and let it dry well; thus you obtain a brown-red spirit represented by the symbol 🜖; here likely referring to a calcined powder or "crocus" of iron.. Of this, take three lots, and of the Solar Tincture original: "Tinctura Solariae," a preparation made from gold. take one drachm original: "Quentlein," a unit of weight equal to about 3.75 grams., and let it [sit] in a melting-pot for half a The symbol—a circle with a diagonal line—likely indicates half a day (12 hours) or half an hour. well