The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours.

BOOK V.

Chap. 91. THe Design and Contents of this Book.

p. 147

The Original of Precious Stones, and Metals.

p. 148

Chap. 92. To prepare Rock Crystal.

p. 150

Chap. 93. To make fine and pure Salt of Tartar.

p. 152

The Philosophers Salt of Tartar.

p. 153

Chap. 94. Paste for Oriental Emerald.

ibid.

Chap. 95. Another deeper.

p. 155

Chap. 96. Another fairer.

p. 156

Chap. 97. Another fairer.

ibid.

Chap. 98. Another very fair.

p. 157

Chap. 99. Paste for Oriental Topaz.

ibid.

Chap. 100. Another fine Topaz.

p. 158

Chap. 101. An Oriental Crysolite.

p. 159

Chap. 102. A Sky-colour Paste for Beryl, called Aqua-Marina.

ibid.

Chap. 103. A Paste for Sapphire.

p. 160

Chap. 104. Another Oriental Sapphire.

p. 161

Chap. 105. Another deeper.

ibid.

Chap. 106. Paste for Oriental Granat.

p. 162

Chap. 107. Another of a deeper colour.

p. 163

Chap. 108. Another fairer.

ibid.

Chap. 109. Observations for Pastes and their colours.

p. 164

To prepare the Crucibles.

p. 165

Chap. 110. To make Sulphur Saturni to be used in Paste for Gems.

p. 166

Observations on the Sweetness of Sal Saturni.

p. 169

Chap. 111. To make very hard Pastes with Sulphur Sa∣turni, and to give them all the colour of Precious Stones.

ibid.

Chap. 112. Saturnus Glorificatus, how to make it.

p. 171

Chap. 113. To make Paste for Precious Stones of Satur∣nus Glorificatus.

p. 172

Chap. 114. To make a very fair Carbuncle.

p. 173

The Opinions of several Authors concerning the Car∣buncle.

ibid.

The Sentiments of our Author.

p. 174

Chap. 115. Another more Noble, called Carbunculus nocte Illuminans.

p. 175

The Author's Opinion thereof.

p. 176

A fine way to Calcine Gold.

p. 177

Chap. 116. To make Oriental Ruby.

p. 178

Very fine Rubies of Queen Elizabeth of Austria, and Mary de Medicis.

p. 179

Chap. 117. To make Balass Ruby.

p. 180

Chap. 118. To make Oriental Sapphire.

ibid.

Chap. 119. To make Oriental Emerald.

p. 181

Chap. 120. To make Turcoise.

p. 182

Chap. 121. To make Oriental Topaz.

p. 183

Chap. 122. To make Crysolite.

ibid.

Chap. 123. Another way of making all sorts of Precious Stones much harder.

p. 184

Chap. 124. To make a fair Emerald.

p. 185

Chap. 125. To make a Violet Sapphire.

p. 186

Chap. 126. Another Violet Sapphire of a deeper colour.

ibid.

Chap. 127. Another very fine Blue Sapphire.

p. 187

Chap. 128. Another fine Sapphire.

ibid.

Chap. 129. Another admirable Blue.

p. 188

Chap. 130. To make Beryl, or Egmarine.

ibid.

Chap. 131. A deeper Egmarine.

p. 189

Chap. 132. To make a fair Jacynth.

ibid.

Chap. 133. Another fairer Jacynth.

p. 190

Chap. 134. Another Oriental Jacynth.

ibid.

Chap. 135. To make a very fine Powder.

p. 191

Chap. 136. Another Powder.

ibid.

Chap. 137. Iargons of Auvergne, how to make those Red, that are of a Gridelin colour.

p. 192

Chap. 138. To Extract the Tincture of the Iargons, and therewith to make a fine and very hard Diamond.

p. 193

How to prepare a Sulphurous Tripoly.

p. 194

Chap. 139. To make a Diamond.

p. 195

Chap. 140. To make Diamond of Alanson.

p. 196

Chap. 141. To give the Natural Colour and Hardness of true Diamonds to Crystal, and Diamond of Alanson.

ib.

Chap. 142. Another Way.

p. 198

Chap. 143. Another way to harden them, and make them sparkle as much as fine Natural Diamond.

ibid.

Chap. 144. To turn White Sapphire into a true Dia∣mond.

p. 199

Chap. 145. Another way.

p. 200

Chap. 146. Another way.

p. 201