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Gold

Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 2

By Iulia Millesima

The eggshells calx and cooking diverting the Sun beams by a mirror. The last part of my translation from Ortheli Explicatio Verborum Mariae Prophitissae. [Read more…] about Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 2

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Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 1598-1832 Tagged With: Gold, Maria Prophitissa, Orthelius Andreas, Silver

Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1

By Iulia Millesima

Andreas Orthelius starts his scrutiny on Maria’s words with what worries him most: two Fumes including, or turning on, two Lights. [Read more…] about Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1

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Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 1598-1832 Tagged With: Fumes, Gold, Maria Prophitissa, Orthelius Andreas, Silver

A Trouble-Free Sigismund Bacstrom’s Compendium

By Iulia Millesima

A didactical alchemical scheme by Sigismund Bacstrom. If for personal use, or not, he introduces the more easy to be explained path: that of metallic gold. [Read more…] about A Trouble-Free Sigismund Bacstrom’s Compendium

Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 1598-1832 Tagged With: Bacstrom Sigismund, Gold

Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Third Book 1

By Iulia Millesima

In Augurello’s last part the origin and making of the powder comes innately along with natural processes. So the alchemical glass birth is not unlike pearls. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Third Book 1

Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 641-1597 Tagged With: Augurello Giovanni Aurelio, Gold

Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 2

By Iulia Millesima

Augurello in the Crysopoeia second book end introduces the concept of a saffron powder able to transmute every metal giving it the color of a star. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 2

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Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 641-1597 Tagged With: Augurello Giovanni Aurelio, Gold

Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 1

By Iulia Millesima

Those stating Augurello denies chemical operative systems to make gold surely have just run over his Crysopoeia. Let’s have a thorough examination of his words. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 1

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Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 641-1597 Tagged With: Augurello Giovanni Aurelio, Gold

Aqua Regia and Fulminating Gold According to Lemery

By Iulia Millesima

The mystery of Aqua Regia as a more effective gold dissolvent than the modern one. Perhaps because of the ancient strange work with salts. [Read more…] about Aqua Regia and Fulminating Gold According to Lemery

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Filed Under: Alchemy & Ancient Chemistry Tagged With: Aqua Regia, Gold, Gold Properties, Lemery Nicolas

Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. First Book

By Iulia Millesima

Metallic gold is made from water, namely a celestial water from the sky. To this very ancient assertion Augurello tries to give a rational and a method. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. First Book

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Filed Under: Alchemic Authors 641-1597 Tagged With: Augurello Giovanni Aurelio, Gold

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