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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Subject terms
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
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 April 30, 2024.
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The Metalline Aureal {water}, or the Aethereal
Aurum potabile, which is a very great
Medicine for the Gout: It is the true Her∣maphroditick
Bath.
DIssolve ☽ in A. F. then Precipitate it
with Spirit of Salt, then edulcorate
the Powder and dry it, then mix it with its
weight of {antimony} (or Calx of ♃) distill a trans∣parent
Butter thereof: Take of this Butter
one part, mix it with as much of Calx of
☉ (made by dissolving ☉ in Spirit of Salt)
digest them together, until they be reduced
into a Liquor: Distill this Liquor in a Re∣tort,
the Spirit of Salt will come over first,
and then will follow a red Butter, which is
the great Chalybs, which resolves into a
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Liquor in the Air; put this Liquor into a
Cucurbite, joyn a Head and Receiver to it,
and then digest with a Lamp {fire} for fifteen
days, then an Aethereal Liquor will begin
to come over in an invisible form, which
will distill into the Recipient: Deflegm this
Liquor until you come to the Eagles Metal∣line
Gluten; which is digested (either per se
or with ☉) into a true Physical stone:
When it is in an Aethereal Liquor you may
take two drops of it in some Cordial Spi∣rit.
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