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
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
Lemery, Saltpeter and the Blood of Salamander
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
Lemery & the Spirits of Common Salt with Wine
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
Lemery & the Spirits of Salt Armoniac
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
Lemery & Aqua Regia First Step: Sal Armoniac
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