In his dreadful crossing of the Alps, Hannibal Barkas removed a gigantic rock by breaking it with an ancient method: the same often used by alchemists.
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Lancillotti: Glass and Oil according to Currus Thriumphalis. Part 2
The second part of Carlo Lancillotti’s commentary on Basilius Valentinus’ recipes on Antimony. Alchemy, ancient chemistry, and Spagyric mixed to discern attentively.
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The glass of Antimony and the Oil of it. Antimony as a fume. And an enigmatic Festina Lente. Carlo Lancillotti repeats the works in Basilius Currus Triumphalis.
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How a volatile urine salt can extract our White and Red Dye from minerals. By a not-perfect alchemist often mistrusted because of his candor: J. I. Hollandus.
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Instead of distillations on liquids and oils extracted from plants, in chap three, Johannes Isaac Hollandus has salts ground, dissolved in distilled vinegar, then raised with subtle combustible spirits,
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