Transmutation of ☿ into a Regulus.
PRecipitate Butter of {antimony} with warm {water} once, without further edulcoration; dry it gently, then add a fourth part of ☿, and of black Soap, and Salt of Tartar, of each as
A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
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- A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
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- Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
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- London :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by William Cooper ..., and Henry Faithorns and John Kersey ...,
- 1682.
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- Alchemy.
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"A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35968.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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much as needeth to make a Paste, whereof make little Bullets, which put in a Retort well luted; distill in a naked {fire}, with a strong sudden {fire}, and the Matter being melt∣ed, you shall have a Regulus as white as ☽, which must be melted three or four times to have it finer and whiter.