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Lemery Nicolas

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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Lemery and the Fixed Salt of Tartar Called Oil by Deficiency

By Iulia Millesima

A very short and easy Lemery’s recipe which might be full of alchemical consequences. Raw Tartar of barrels, calcined at coal and deliquescent in a cellar. And rainwater. [Read more…] about Lemery and the Fixed Salt of Tartar Called Oil by Deficiency

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Lemery, Saltpeter and the Blood of Salamander

By Iulia Millesima

Often, when Saltpeter is involved, a Salamander is in the nearby. Here Lemery gives an insight on the ways to work what Fulcanelli called  Stable Salt. [Read more…] about Lemery, Saltpeter and the Blood of Salamander

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Lemery & the Spirits of Common Salt with Wine

By Iulia Millesima

Lemery presents  the common salt Spirits preparation.  Basilius Valentinus often recommends the common salt, defining it a wonderful balsam to open matter. [Read more…] about Lemery & the Spirits of Common Salt with Wine

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Lemery & the Spirits of Salt Armoniac

By Iulia Millesima

Nicolas Lemery’s way to prepare the spirit of salt armoniac sounds very similar to salts volatilization. Or at least it represents an interesting introduction to. [Read more…] about Lemery & the Spirits of Salt Armoniac

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Lemery & Aqua Regia First Step: Sal Armoniac

By Iulia Millesima

Nicolas Lemery, in his “Cours de la Chimie”, walks through a step by step Aqua Regia preparation. But before he instructs us to get a chemical Sal Armoniac, [Read more…] about Lemery & Aqua Regia First Step: Sal Armoniac

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