Philosophia maturata an exact piece of philosophy containing the practick and operative part thereof in gaining the philosophers stone : with the wayes how to make the mineral stone and the calcinations of mettals : whereunto is added a work compiled by St. Dunstan concerning the philosophers stone : and the experiments of Rumelius and preparations of Angelo Sala, all most famous chymists in their time / published by Lancelot Colson.
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Philosophia maturata an exact piece of philosophy containing the practick and operative part thereof in gaining the philosophers stone : with the wayes how to make the mineral stone and the calcinations of mettals : whereunto is added a work compiled by St. Dunstan concerning the philosophers stone : and the experiments of Rumelius and preparations of Angelo Sala, all most famous chymists in their time / published by Lancelot Colson.
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Coelson, Lancelot, 1627-ca 1687.
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London :: Printed for G. Sawbridge ...,
1668.
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Alchemy.
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"Philosophia maturata an exact piece of philosophy containing the practick and operative part thereof in gaining the philosophers stone : with the wayes how to make the mineral stone and the calcinations of mettals : whereunto is added a work compiled by St. Dunstan concerning the philosophers stone : and the experiments of Rumelius and preparations of Angelo Sala, all most famous chymists in their time / published by Lancelot Colson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33604.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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Conserve of dry Roses.
Take the subtile powder
of red Roses one ounce, of
Rosewater 3. ounces, of the
spirit of white Vitriol one
drachm, of the best Musk
and Ambergreece, of each
one grain, of white Sugar
12 ounces; infuse the Ro∣ses
in Rosewater and the
spirit of Vitriol, keep them
in maceration for 4. hours,
in a glass, then boyl the Su∣gar
with the Rosewater, to
the consistence of Manus
descriptionPage 111
Christi, then incorporate with
them the Musk and Amber∣greece
in a glass Morter:
Thus is your Conserve pre∣pared,
which is sufficiently
red and odoriferous: This
sort of Conserve is more ef∣fectual
than those which
are prepared in the vul∣gar
way, especially where
strengthening is needfull, by
reason of the spirit of Vitriol;
and the older this Conserve
is, the better it is.
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