Image: Alchimia 1570 p 9

Description: page 9, from Alchimia : das ist alle Farben, Wasser, olea, Salia, und Alumina, damit man alle Corpora Spiritvs unnd Calces prepariert, sublimiert unnd fixiert zubereyten : und wie man diese Ding nutze, auff dass Sol und Luna werden möge : auch von Soluieren unnd Scheydung aller Metall, Polierung allerhandt Edelgestein, fürtrefflichen Wassern zum etzen, scheyden unnd soluieren : und zuletzt wie die gifftige Dämpff zuverhüten, ein kurtzer Bericht. by Anonymous. Zu Franckfurt am Meyn : [s. n.], 1570. Distillation was a powerful technology used for much more than concentrating alcohol. It had a wide range of applications. Alchimia begins with the section “Rechter Gebrauch der Alchimei” [Using Alchemy the Right Way] and a recipe for the red pigment cinnabar (mercury sulfide).
Title: Alchimia 1570 p 9
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