Chymical secrets and rare experiments in physick & philosophy with figures collected and experimented / by the Honourable and learned Sir Kenelm Digby ...

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Chymical secrets and rare experiments in physick & philosophy with figures collected and experimented / by the Honourable and learned Sir Kenelm Digby ...
Author
Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
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London :: Printed for Will Cooper ...,
1683.
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Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
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"Chymical secrets and rare experiments in physick & philosophy with figures collected and experimented / by the Honourable and learned Sir Kenelm Digby ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35965.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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Page 69

Fermentation.

TAke &ounce;iv. of this red stone, pulverize it, and stratifie it with &ounce;j. of ☉ in leaf be∣tween two Crucibles well luted; put this to a Circulary {fire} by degrees for six hours, then cover it with Coals, so that it may melt and unite well together: Project &ounce;j. of this Powder upon &ounce;x. of boyling ☿ (well puri∣fied) and all will be converted into a Me∣dicine, which will project upon great quan∣tity of ☿, transmuting it into fine ☉.

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