The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber

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Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670

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The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber : containing, great variety of choice secrets in medicine and alchymy in the working of metallick mines, and the separation of metals: also, various cheap and easie ways of making salt-petre, and improving of barren-land, and the fruits of the earth.

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London: Christopher Packe, 1689.

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English

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QD: Science: Chemistry

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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800

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August 12, 2024

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1. 1.THE WORKS OF THE Highly Experienced and Famous CHYMIST , John Rudolph Glauber:
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3.To The Honoured, and Truly Learned, Edmond Dickenson, M. D. Physician to the KING ’S Person and Family.
4. 4.THE PREFACE TO THE READER .
5. 5.A CATALOGUE OF THE Subscribers NAMES .
6. 6.THE FIRST PART OF Philosophical Furnaces. — A Preface to the Courteous Reader. — The EXPLICATION of the Figures of the first Furnace in all its parts.
7. 7.Of the Structure of the First Furnace. — Of the Receivers. — Of the subliming Vessels. — The manner of Distilling. — How the Spirit of Salt is to be distilled. — Of the Use of the Spirit of Salt. — A distillation of Vegetable Oyles, whereby a greater quantity is acquired, than by that common way, by a Vesica. — The clear Oyle of Mastick, and Frankincense. — The Quintessence of all Vegetables. — The Quintessence of all Metals and Minerals. — A sweet and red Oyle, of Metals and Minerals. — The Oyle, or Liquor of Gold. — Oyle of Mars. — Oyle of Venus. — Oyle of Jupiter and Saturn. — Oyle of Mercury. — Oyle of Antimony. — The flowers of Antimony, White and Vomitive. — The flowers of Antimony diaphoretical. — Of the External use of the Corrosive Oyle of Antimony. — The Oyl of Arsenic and Auripigmentum . — Oyl of Lapis Calaminaris. — The use of the Oyl of Lapis Calaminaris. — Of the Extrinsecal use of the spirit of Salt in the Kitchen. — How an acid spirit, or vinegar may be distilled out of all vegetables, as hearbs, woods, roots, seeds , &c. — The spirit of paper and linnen cloath. — The spirit of silk. — The spirit of mans hair, and of other animals, as also of horns. — The spirit of vinegar, honey, and sugar. — How spirits may be made out of the salt of tartar, vitriolated tartar, the spirit of salt tartarizated, and of other such like fixed salts. — And so is the Lac Virginis, and the Philosophical Sanguis Draconis made. — The spirits, flowers, and salts of Minerals and stones. — How minerals, and metals may be reduced into flowers, and of their vertues. — Of Gold and Silver. — Flowers of Iron and Copper. — Flowers of Lead and Tin. — Of Mercury. — The flowers of Zinck. — The use. — Flowers of Antimony.
8. 8.THE SECOND PART OF Philosophical Furnaces: — Of the Structure of the Second Furnace. — The way or manner to perform the Distillation. — How to make the Acid Oyl and the volatile spirit of Vitriol. — Of Vitriol. — The Use and Dose of the Narcotick sulphur of Vitriol. — Of the Use and Vertue of the volatile spirit of Vitriol. — Of the vertue and use of the corrosive oyl of Vitriol. — How to make the Vitriol of Mars and Venus. — The way to make a fair blew Vitriol out of Luna (that is, silver.) — Of the sweet oyl of Vitriol. — The preparation of the sweet oyl of Vitriol. — The use and Dose of the sweet oyl of Vitriol. — Of the Sulphureous volatile and Acid spirit of common Salt, and of Allome. — The manner of preparing. — Of the sulphureous volatile spirit of Minerals and Metals, and of their preparation. — The preparation of the volatile spirits of Metals. — The preparation of the volatile spirit of Minerals. — Another way. — The spirit of Zinck. — The volatile spirit of the Dross of Regulus Martis. — How to make a white acid, and a red volatile spirit out of salt nitre. — Of the use of the red volatile spirit. — The use of the white acid spirit of salt nitre. — Aqua Regis. — The Preparation of Aurum Fulminans, or Aurum Tonitruans. — The use of Aurum fulminans. — The use of the Tincture of Gold. — Of the flores of silver and of its medicine. — Of the use of the crystals of silver. — How to sublime the Crystals of silver into flores, and then to make a good Medicine of the flores. — How to make a green oyl out of Silver. — The Use of the green Liquor in Alchymy, and for Mechanical Operations. — Besides Physick or physical use. — A medicine out of Copper externally to be used. — A medicine out of Iron or Steel. — Of Tin and Lead. — The use of the Crystals of Lead and Tin. — Of Mercury. — Of Aqua fortis. — Of the sulphurised spirit of salt nitre. — Of the Clissus. — Of the Tartarised spirit of nitre. — Of the Tartarised spirit of Antimony. — Of Stone-coles. — Of the Sulphureous spirit of salt nitre or Aqua fortis. — Of the Nitrous spirit of Arsenick. — To make a spirit of Sulphur, crude Tartar and Salt nitre. — To make a spirit out of Salt of Tartar, Sulphur, and Salt-nitre. — How to make a spirit of saw-dust, sulphur and salt nitre. — To make metallical spirits and flores by the help of salt-nitre and linnen cloth. — Of Gun-powder. — How to make a spirit of Gunpowder. — Of the use of the Medicine or Tincture made of Gunpowder. — To make spirits and flores of Nitre and Coals. — To make flores and spirits of flints, crystals or sand, by adding of coals and salt nitre to them. — To make a spirit and oyl out of Talck with salt nitre. — To make a spirit, flores, and oyl out of Tin. — To make a spirit, flores and a liquor out of Zinck. — To make a spirit, flores and oyl of Lapis Calaminaris. — To make a spirit of salt nitre, sulphur and common salt. — To make a spirit, flores and oyl out of salt nitre and Regulus Martis. — To distil a Butyrum out of Antimony, Salt and vitriol, like unto that, which is made out of Antimony and Mercury sublimate. — To distil Butyrum of Arsenick and Orpiment. — To make a rare spirit of vitriol. — To make a subtle spirit and pleasant oyl of Zinck. — To distill a spirit and oyl out of Lead. — To distil a subtile spirit and oyl out of crude Tartar. — The preparation and use of the spirit of Tartar. — How to make pretious spirits and oyls out of Tartar joined with minerals and metals. — The use of the metallized spirit and oyl of Tartar. — Another way to make a metallised spirit of Tartar. — To distill the spirit and oyl of Lead and Tin. — How to make a Tartarised spirit and oyle out of Iron or Steel and Copper. — How to make a Tartarised spirit of Mercury. — How to make a Tartarised spirit of Gold and Silver. — To make a Tartarised spirit of Antimony. — How to make good spirit and oyles out of Pearls, Corals, Crabs-eyes, and other light soluble stones of beasts and fishes. — To distill a spirit out of salt of Tartar and crude Tartar. — How to get a powerful spirit out of the salt of Tartar, by the help of pure sand or peble-stones. — How to extract a blood-red Tincture with spirit of wine out of the liquor of peble-stones. — The use of the Tincture of pebles or flints in Physick. — How by the help of this liquor out of Gold its red colour may be extracted so that it remains white. — Another way to extract a good Tincture out of gold by the help of the liquor of sand or pebles. — What further may be done with the liquor of pebles. — How by the help of this liquor to make trees to grow out of metals, with their colours. — Although this process in Physick may be of no great use: yet in regard that to a Chymical Physitian it gives good information of the condition of natural things, and their change. I thought it not amiss to set it down here. — Of the spirit of urine and of the volatile spirit of salt Armoniack. — The process or the manner of making it, is this: — Of the use and vertue of the spirit of salt Armoniack. — To distill a blood red oyl of vitriol by the help of the spirit of urin. — The Tincture of Vegetables. — Vitriol of copper. — The Tincture of crude Tartar. — To make the oyls or liquors of salts. — To precipitate all metals with it. — The oyl and vitriol of silver. — To extract a red Tincture out of Antimony or common sulphur. — How to ripen Antimony and common sulphur, so that several sorts of such smels, as vegetables have, arise from thence. — Of the spirit and oyl of Harts-horn. — To make the spirit of mans hair an excellent medicine. — Of the oyl of Ambar. — Of the oyl of soot. — How to make a good oyl out of soot without distilling. — Of the spirit and oyl of honey. — Of the oyl and spirit of sugar. — To distil an excellent spirit and a blood red tincture of corals and sugar. — Of the spirit of Muste or new Wine. — Of oyl Olive. — The use of the blessed oyl. — Of the oyl of Wax. — A Spirit good for the Stone. — Of the spirit or acid oyl of Sulphur. — To the Courteous Reader.
9. 9.THE THIRD PART OF Philosophical Furnaces: — A Preface of the Copper Instrument and Furnace. — Of Wooden Instruments that are to be used instead of Stills, Baths, and Cauldrons. — There follows now the preparation of the vessel. — The making of a wooden vessel for a Balneum, which is to be used in stead of copper and leaden Cauldrons for digestion, and distillation by glass vessels. — A wooden vessel serving for boyling of bear, metheglin, vinegar, &c. as well as copper, iron, and tin vessels. — A wooden vessel for a bath for sweet, or mineral water, which may be according as you please, kept warm, for the preserving of health. — Of the use of wooden vessels in distilling, boyling, bathing, &c. And first of the distilling vessel. — And first of the preparation of the lees of wine, bear, hydromel, and other drinks. — Of the preparation of all kind of corn, as Wheat, Oats, Barly, &c. which must go before the distilling of the spirit. — Of the difference of malting. — Of the fermentation of Malt. — Of the fermentation of Honey. — Of the preparation of Fruits, Seeds, Flowers, Herbs, Roots , &c. — An Annotation. — The manner of distilling in general followeth. — The manner of distilling Spices, Seeds, Flowers, Hearbs, Roots, Woods , &c. — How Oyls are to be coagulated into Balsames. — The manner of preparing follows. — There follows now the use of the second wooden vessel, which is to be used instead of those of copper or lead, serving for distillations, digestions, extractions, and fixations. — And first of a vomitive Extract. — A purging Extract. — A Diaphoretical Extract. — A Diuretical Extract. — A somniferous Extract. — A Cordial Extract. — Of an odoriferous Extract. — Of Baths. — Of a Bath of sweet or common water. — Of the nature, and property of natural Baths. — And first of sulphureous Baths that have a subtil acidity. — Now follows the mixture of those subtile mineral, sulphureous, and salt spirits with water. — Of Sulphur Baths. — The use of the Copper Globe in dry Baths, which are more excellent than the moist in many cases. — Now follows a wooden vessel which is to be used instead of a Cauldron in boyling of Beer, Metheglin, Vinegar , &c.
10. 10.THE FOURTH PART OF Philosophical Furnaces: — Of making the Furnace. — How minerals are to be tryed. — Of the melting of mines and metals. — Of the separation of metals. — Of separating the courser metals. — What is to be held concerning the perfection of Metals. — Another Demonstration by the dry way. — Of the Philosophers Stone. — Whether Minerals, as Antimony, Arsenic, Orpin, Cobolt, Zinc, Sulphur, &c. may be transmuted into metals, and into what? — Another way of separating the superfluous Antimonial Sulphur , — Of the tincture of Sol and Antimony. — Another tincture and medicine of Gold. — Of Looking-glasses. — The metallick mixture for the matter of the Looking-Glass. — Of the smoothing and polishing of looking-glasses — Of Artificial Gems, and Metallick Glasses. — The colouring of the aforesaid mass follows, by which it is made most like to Gems. — Of the preparation of the colours for colouring the mass of Flints and Crystals.
11. 11.THE FIFTH PART OF Philosophical Furnaces: — Of the Preparation of the Furnace. — Of the Building of the Furnaces. — A Lute for the erecting of Furnaces. — Of the closing of the Joints, hindering the evaporation of subtle Spirits. — Another Lute for broken Glasses. — How those subtile spirits when they are made, may be kept that they evaporate not. — How glass stopples are to be smoothed by grinding for the retaining of spirits in their glass vessels. — Of the making of the best crucibles. — Of the vitrification of Earthen Vessels belonging to the first and second Furnace. — Of the use of the aforesaid Cups.
12. 12.AN APPENDIX .
13. 13.Of the Tincture of Gold, Or the True AURUM POTABILE : — Of Aurum Potabile. — Of the medicinal use of this golden Medicine.
14. 14.THE MINERAL WORK : — A Preface to the Reader.
15. 15.A most profitable process of the separation of Gold out of Flints, Sand, Clay, red and black Talk, and other Fossiles, containing very subtle Gold, thin and spongeous, which otherwise cannot be separated, either for its scarcity, or the obstinacy of the Mineral, by reason of the great Cost to be bestowed; viz. very easily with the spirit of Salt. — Now follows the preparation of flints, and the extraction of the gold contained in them, by the spirit of salt. — Here follows the work to be performed by Funnels. — How impure Gold may be separated and purged by Antimony. — Now follows the way of separating the Gold and Silver from the Antimony. — Here follows the Use of the Antimonial Flowers. — The Preparation followeth. — Of the Virtues of this Medicine. — Of the Use and Dose of this Medicine. — Now follow the Vertues which it manifesteth in Metallicks. — How the aforesaid Regulus of the flowers and dross of Antimony, is to be used in the bettering of course Metals, shall be shewn, that ART may not be abused. — Now follows the Use. — The Fluxing Powder requisite to this Work.
16. 16.THE SECOND PART OF THE Mineral Work. — A Preface to the Reader.
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.THE THIRD PART OF THE Mineral Work . — A Preface to the Reader.
19. 19.The First Rule. — The Second Rule. — The Third Rule. — The Fourth Rule. — The Fifth Rule. — The Sixth Rule. — The Seventh Rule. — GOD and Nature make nothing in vain. — Item. Note now some things on Argent Vive. — What is to be determined concerning the Coagulation of ☿. — The Receipts of Alchymy . — By what means Crystals are to be Conjured, and all things to be seen in them. — Of the Heat of Mercury. — What Matter and Instruments are needful in Alchymy . — What thing Alchymy is. — Of Gemms . — Now follows the Praxis of the aforesaid Theory. — This is the ART . — Another Separation of Sol and Luna out of the Imperfect Metals, by ♄.
20. 20.The APOLOGY of John Rudolph Glauber, Against the Lying Calumnies of CHRISTOPHER FARNNER . — The first Obligation which FARNNER gave me, runs thus; — The second Obligation . — Expressions gathered out of certain of Farnner ’s Epistles sent to me; from which is evident how greatly he is beholden to me. — Out of another Epistle, July 17th. 1653. — Out of another Epistle, July 29th. 1653. — In another Epistle he saith; — 1. Glauber ’s Panacea, for 30 R. Dollers. — A Specification of those Chymical things. — These words follow: 1. Glauber’s Panacea ; About which these things come to be considered. — Of the Preparation and Use of a certain secret Universal Menstruum , with which one may institute an Anatomy of all Vegetables, Animals, and Metals; correct them, and from thence prepare good Medicaments. — An Admonition. — Now follows the Preparation. — The Praxis. How by the mediation of this liquor Vegetables, Animals, and Minerals may be converted into good Medicaments. — 2. All Mineral’s and Metals. — 3. Glauber ’s Alkahest . — 4. The Trial of all sorts of Coins. — 5. Flowers of Coral. — 6. To make melted Tin hard. — 7. White Vitrifications. — 8. Plenty of Spirit of Salt. — 9. Spirits of Vitriol, Nitre, Salt, Aqua fortis, Aqua Regia, in plenty; also Sulphur; at Forty R. Dollers. — 10. Mineral Spirits: for twenty R. Dollers. — 11. Flowers of Minerals and Metals; for Twenty R. Dollers. — 12. The Quintessence. — 13. All acid Wines. — 14. All Wines. — 15. Brandy-Wine of all sorts of Corn. — 16. To strengthen all sorts of Beers. — Acid or Sower Beers. — 18. Vinegar of Corn. — 19. Vinegar of green Woods. — 20. Altho Glauber , &c. — 21. All Copper Ores. — 22. From Tests and Cupels. — 23. Gold and Silver.
21. 21.Miraculum Mundi; Or, A Plain and Perfect Description of the admirable Nature and Property of that most powerful Subject, called by the Antients, The Universal Menstruum, OR , The MERCURY of PHILOSOPHERS .
22. 22.The Preparation. — The Use of this Medicine in general. — The Words of the Secrets of HERMES .
23. 23.THE EXPLICATION OF Miraculum Mundi. — Point I. — Point II. — Point III. — Point IV. — Point V. — Point VI. — Point VII. — Point VIII. — Point IX. — Point X. — Point XI. — Point XII. — Point XIII. — Point I. — Point II. — Point III. — Point IV. — Point V. — Point VI. — Point VII. — Point VIII. — Point IX. — Point X. — Point XI, XII, XIII. — Point XIV. — Point XV. — Point XVI. — Point XVII. — Point XVIII. — Point XIX, and XX. — Point XXI, and XXII. — Point XXIII. — Point XXIV. — Point XXV. — Point XXVI. — Point XXVII. — Point XXVIII. — Point XXIX. — Point XXX. — Point XXXI. — Point XXXII. — Point XXXIII. — Point XXXIV. — Point XXXV. — Point XXXVI. — Point XXXVII. — Point XXXVIII. — Point XXXIX. — The EPILOGUE .
24. 24.THE CONTINUATION OF Miraculum Mundi. — Arcanum I. — Being a Gift given to Husbandmen, keepers of Vineyards, Gardeners, &c. — The Form or Figure. — Arcanum II. — The manner of the Operation. — The manner of preparing the Hearths or Tests. — The way of making the Covers of the Tests, which are called Muffles . — Of the Figure of the Furnace. — How Profit may be made of the Scoria which remain after this Operation. — Arcanum III. — The manner of concentrating and amending of Metals by Nitre .
25. 25.A TREATISE Of an Universal Medicine; OR , A True Aurum Potabile.
26. 26.Of the Nature, Form, Properties, and admirable Virtue and Efficacy of my True Aurum Potabile . — By what way a Trial is to be made, whether or no this Aurum Potabile , or Aqua-vitæ of the Philosophers , be a most high Medicine for the Vegetables. — Of the Use of my Aurum Potabile in the melioration of the Minerals . — The manner of making a Trial, by the dry way, concerning the Transmutation of the Imperfect Metals, by my Potable Gold . — Of the Use of my true Aurum Potabile in Medicine .
27. 27.THE SECOND PART OF Miraculum Mundi. In which is described the Magnificent Coming of ELIAS THE ARTIST ; — THE PREFACE .
28. 28.I. Of the Original of this Salt. — Of the Name of this Universal Salt. — Of the Virtues of this Universal Salt. — Of the wonderful power of the Universal Salt in the kingdom of Vegetables . — The PROCESS . — Of the Utility which our Salt of Art contributes unto all Men, of what state or condition soever they be. — Of the Use of this Sal Mirabile in Medicine. — Of the Utilities of the Salt of Art , in various ARTS . — Of the Use of the Salt of Art in Alchymy . — Whether Copper may be made of Iron .
29. 29.THE BOOK OF Philip Theophrastus Bombast
30. 30.CHAP . I. — CHAP . II. — CHAP . III. — CHAP . IV. — CHAP . V. — CHAP . VI. — CHAP . VII. — Of VITRIOL . — Of the Species of Vitriol . — Of the Virtues of Vitriol in Medicine: first, of it Crude, and its Colcothar. — Of the Water of Vitriol in Chirurgick, and Internal Diseases. — Of the Red Oil of Vitriol . — Of the White and Green Oil of Vitriol . — Of the Vitriolate Oyl to be used in Alchymy , and also of the Crude. — An Admonition.
31. 31.ANNOTATIONS UPON THE CONTINUATION OF Miraculum Mundi.
32. 32.A TREATISE OF THE Nature of Salts: OR, A
33. 33.I. Of the Nature of SALT . — I. Of the Preparation of Sal Mirabilis . — Of the external Figure, Colour, Taste, and Smell of Sal Mirabilis . — II. Of the External and Internal Use of my Sal Mirabilis . — Of the Use of my Sal Mirabilis , as well in the Solution of Metals, as in the Preparation of Medicines. — The PROCESS . — Of the Powers and Virtues of my Green-Lyon , Vitriol of Sol , or Wonderful Golden Salt .
34. 34.A TREATISE Of the Signature of Salts, Metals, and Planets. OR , — The Explication of the Word ἄλς or Sal , by Bernhardus Gomesius .
35. 35.THE CONSOLATION OF NAVIGATORS .
36. 36.I. Of the Concentration of Corn or Grain. — Of the Use of Spirit of Salt in Ships, against Thirst, and also the Scurvy. — The Great and Effectual Operations which are attributed to the Spirit or Oil of SALT . — The Virtues or most efficacious Operations of the Spirit or Oil of Salt , in which Gold is rightly dissolved, according to Art; or, when it shall be made an Aurum Potabile .
37. 37.A True and Perfect DESCRIPTION OF Extracting good TARTAR FROM THE Lees of Wine, And that after a Plentiful Manner.
38. 38.THE FIRST PART OF THE Prosperity of Germany: Wherein is Treated of — Ye Pious, Prudent, and your Country-loving Patrons.
39. 39.The PREFACE . — THE FIRST PART OF The Prosperity of Germany , &c. — CHAP . II. — The Process of Concentrating Corn is this : — CHAP . III. — An Admonition, adjoined as an Over-plus.
40. 40.THE SECOND PART OF The Prosperity of Germany: Wherein is shewn, — Of the difference of Minerals, and what is understood by the Name of Minerals. — And first of all we’ll speak of Antimony . — Of Arsenick. — Of Auripigment. — Of Cobolt. — Of the Silvery Marchasite. — Of the Golden Marchasite. — Of Zink. — Of Calmei or Lapis Calaminaris . — Of Common Sulphur. — An Admonition, and short Repetition of those things which are treated of in this Treatise.
41. 41.THE THIRD PART OF THE Prosperity of Germany. In which is Delivered, — Of the Preparation of SALT-PETRE . — The Lixivium is on this wise made. — Another way of making Excellent Salt-petre in great Quantity out of Lime and the Lee of Wood. — Here follows another way of plentifully extracting Salt-petre out of Rocks and Stones without Vegetables or Animals.
42. 42.Now follows what we mentioned of the aforesaid LAZARUS ERCKER . — The manner of preparing the Liquor, out of which Salt-petre may be made by Boiling. — The way of rightly using the Liquor for the Generating of a more Crude Salt-petre . — The way to purifie the Crude Salt-petre . — The manner of purifying the gross and blackish Salt that comes out of the Salt petre . — The way of augmenting the Crude Lixivium afore its boiling. — Now follows the Second Monarchy . — Now follows the third Monarchical Prophecy . — The Prophesie of Dr. Philip Theophrastus Paracelsus of the Northern Lion . — The Epitaph of Theophrastus Paracelsus ; which is to be seen Engraved on a Stone at Saltzburg , in the Hospital of St. Sebastian , erected against the Wall of the Church. — Now follows the use and benefit of Salt-petre . — Now follows the Process, Operation, or Manner of extracting Sol and Luna out of all the Metals with Profit. — Another Augment or Encrease of Sol . — Another way of Augmenting Sol . — Another Augmentation of Sol . — Now it follows that we shew by what means we may have benefit out of the edulcoratory Water, and not be forced to throw it away. — Now follow Paracelsus his words, concerning SULPHUR and VITRIOL .
43. 43.THE FOURTH PART OF THE Prosperity of GERMANY . — Of the word Sawce , and what is meant thereby. — The manner of Preparing a good Sawce or Junket out of Silver, which helpeth the Distempers and Diseases of the Brain. — Another Sawce or Junket made of Gold and Silver. — Another Junket or Sawce, viz. A Confection of a Mineral Alkermes . — A Purge of Saturn . — A Purge of Lune . — Purging Gold. — Aurum Diaphoreticum , or Sweating Gold. — The manner of so placing the Magnets, that (by Solutions and Coagulations) they may receive the Astral and vivifying Rays of the Sun, and may render them visible, corporeal, palpable, and durable in the Fire. — The Fire and Azoth wash Laton . — A Philosopher saith thus, — The Conclusion.
44. 44.THE FIFTH PART OF THE Prosperity of GERMANY . — The Smaragdine Table of Hermes , &c. — The Event proves the Actions.
45. 45.An APPENDIX TO THE FIFTH PART OF THE Prosperity of GERMANY . — [The first] Operation shewing the way of reducing any Lead, or any Vein of Lead by the help of common Salt, [and] by Coals, into Ashes, in the Furnace called Stichofen , that so the Gold and Silver may be extracted with profit. — By what means Gold, Silver, yea and Copper too, may with great profit be extracted out of the poor Metallick Veins by the moist way, and which cannot quit the costs of doing it by Fire. — The Preparation of sutable and proper Waters to extract Gold, Silver and Copper out of poor Oars. — The way of getting out the Gold and Silver out of the washt-out Salts by precipitation, and of reducing them to their peculiar bodies without detriment or loss. — The manner of making good Salt-peter in plenty, out of Kitchin-Salt and Calx-vive . — The manner of making Salt-peter out of this prepared Salt. — Another Preparation of Salt for the making of Salt-peter. — By what means the Root of Salt-peter is to be implanted in acid Salts, so as to be thereby augmented, like at the Root of a Vegetable, being transplanted, gets an increase from the saltness of the Earth. — The way of preparing Spirit of Salt, necessary for the Extracting of Gold and Copper out of their Oars; as likewise of making good Salt-peter of the matter left after the distillation is finished. — How Copper may easily and very profitably be extracted and made corporeal (without any melting or fusion) by a certain Water of very small expences. — An Explanation of some obscure places which are to be met withall in the Third and Fourth Part of the Prosperity of Germany , and in the first Century. — 31. By what means volatile Gold is to be compendiously extracted by the moist way, out of coloured Flints, red Talk, Granates, Sand, Clay, and such-like Oars or Minerals, and made corporeal. — 32. How good Salt-peter is to be made with profit even out of these Oars. — 33. The ways of Reducing volatile and fixt Gold unto a body, out of the Edulcorating Waters (so called) with which the Gold aforesaid hath been Extracted out of the Oars; and also of usefully or profitably improving the said already used Waters themselves. — 34. Another and better way of getting out the Gold that is Extracted out of the Oars, out of the Aqua Fortis . — 35. How an Aqua Regia is easily acquired for the Extraction of Stones. — 36. An easier way of getting an Aqua Regia usefull for extraction. — 37. How the Silver (wherewith the Gold has been separated out of the Aq. Regia ) is to be gotten [or reduced] out of its Calx . — 38. How the said Calx of Silver is to be reduced without any loss of its weight, and without any Detriment. — 39. Another way teaching to reduce fugacious Silver with greater profit. — 40. A gainfull extraction out of the poor Oars or Minera’s of Silver and Copper, by the moist way. — 41. Another far easier way of plentifully extracting Gold and Silver out of the poor Minera’s or Oars, Sand and Clay, and the like Minerals without the Fire of melting. — 42. The preparation of the Water necessary to this extraction. — 43. Another Water to Extract Gold and Silver withall. — 44. Another far easier way of plentifully Extracting Gold and Silver out of the poor Minera’s or Oars, with very little or in a manner no Costs at all. — 45. Another yet easier way. — 46. How Gold and Silver may plentifully be extracted out of Fat Clay. — 47. By what Artifice Gold may be plentifully and easily extracted out of Granates, Agates, Saphires, Rubies, Sand, or other hard Minerals which suffer not themselves to be tamed neither with Lead, nor with sharp Waters. — 48. A Demonstration, above the reach of any Confutation, shewing that more Gold and Silver may be gotten out of the Oars or Minera’s of Gold and Silver, by the hitherto prescribed ways, by sharp Waters or Salts, and in a manner without Costs, than is wont to be done by many Expences, and by the fire of Melting.
46. 46.THE SIXTH and Last PART OF THE Prosperity of GERMANY . — The Description of the Instrument, serving for the plentifully preparing of Spirits, and for the easie extraction of Metals out of their Oars, without much Cost. — Of the Form and Figure of this Instrument. — Of the use of the Instrument. — How Metals are to be extracted out of their Earths or Oars, by the help of this Instrument. — By What means the Metals extracted by the dissolving Water out of the Oars are to be separated from that same sharp Water without any Detriment, nay rather with an augmentation of the said Water. — The Reduction of the Metals from which the dissolving Water is separated. — Some other manual Operations which are needfull to be known in the use of this Instrument and which may be exercised. — By what means and way this threefold use of cold Salts may be most profitable to the Countrey. — Now follows the third use, and that consists in the melioration of the Metals, by which also great benefit may redound to the Countrey. — An evident demonstration of the possibility of transmuting the viler Metals by Salt and Fire into more noble ones. — An infallible demonstration, that a true tincture or universal Medicine may be made by Salt and Fire, for the melioration of Metals.
47. 47.THE FIRST CENTURY : OR GLAUBER’S Wealthy Store-House of Treasures. — II. A Demonstration whereby it is proved that Fire and Salt are most noble Creatures of God, and that in Fire there lies hid the purest Salt, and in Salt a most efficacious Fire. — III. It is moreover demonstrated, that in all Salts an admirable Fire doth lurk as being laid up therein, through the indeavour whereof very many admirable things may be perfected as well in Medicine as in Alchymy: and also that it may be altogether performed, that out of Vitriol the Stone of the ancient Wise men, out of Salt Peter a spiritual Gold, and an excellent yellow tincture, and out of common Salt the true Pearl of the Philosophers may be prepared. — IV. Of the Preparation of the Fire of Vitriol. — V. A proof whether this Oyl of Vitriol be well prepared and strong, and fit enough for that operation of which we here treat. — VI. Another tryal or experiment. — VII. Another further Proof. — VIII. Concerning the use of this fire of Vitriol in Medicine. — IX. Of the general use of this Oyl in Alchymy. — X. Of the use of this fire in other Arts. — XI. An evident demonstration of such a fire lying hid even in the Salt of the Kitchin, and that known to every one. — XII. Of the preparation of the fire of Salt. — XIII. A Concentrating the rectified Spirit of Salt into a moist and cold Fire. — XIV. The manner whereby that most precious Pearl of Salt may at least wise in some respect be rendred conspicuous or apparent. — XV. An operation of alluring forth a Philosophical Pearl out of Salt. — XVI. How the Pearl being attained is made visible. — XVII. A more easie manner of obtaining a Philosophical Pearl. — XVIII. Of the preparation of the moist and cold fire of Salt Peter. — XIX. Of the moist fire of Allome. — XX. Of the moist and cold fire of Sulphur. — XXI. A most powerfull manner of extracting a fire out of any Wood, or any Herb whatsoever, and of rendering it palpable and visible. — XXII. The manner of manifesting the fire of the Vine. — XXIII. Another manner of extracting or drawing forth a far more stronger fire out of Tartar. — XXIV. A manner of drawing forth as yet a more vehement fire out of Tarter. — XXV. The preparation and Con-centration of fire out of Animals. — XXVI. The operation of preparing a fire out of man’s Urine. — XXVII. Observations which concern the preparation of an Animal fire. — XXVIII. The general use of our concentred fiery and ripening Spirits, extracted out of Salts, in the amendment and converting of metals into more noble ones; also the preparation of many excellent medicaments, and the increase and amendment of many other arts, are briefly here demonstrated; the which, God granting, shall more largely be declared in their particular use. — XXIX. An infallible practice of changing the more imperfect Metals into more perfect ones by the help of crude Salts. — XXX. After what manner Metals may be slain by their enemies and be transmuted into better. — XXXI. A brief and compendious manner of extracting and rendring corporeal, a volatile Gold out of coloured Flints, Red Talck, Granates or Red Marble Stones, Sand, White Clay and the like metallick earths. — XXXII. After what manner out of Minerals being extracted, a true Salt-Peter may as yet be gotten with profit. — XXXIII. A way shewing the extraction of a volatile and fixed Gold out of the Water, from which the Minerals are withdrawn, and the profit which may be received by that Water. — XXXIV. Another and better manner of extracting gold by Aq. Regis. — XXXV. An easie making or composing of Aq. Regis, for extracting of minerals. — XXXVI. Another as yet more easier way of preparing Aq. Regis for extraction. — XXXVII. How the Calx of silver, which hath fished out gold by Aq. Regis, is to be recovered. — XXXVIII. After what manner precipitated silver is to be reduced without a loss of its weight. — XXXIX. Another manner of reducing a fugacious or volatile silver, with greater profit. — XL. An operation, teaching to extract Stones and Minerals, or Mines that are poor in Silver, and Copper by a moist way. — XLI. A more easy manner as yet by far, of plentifully extracting Gold and Silver out of poor mines, as Sand, White-Clay, and other the like minerals, by fire without fusion. — XLII. The preparation of a Water necessary for the extracting of Gold. — XLIII. Another water for extracting silver. — XLIV. Another easie manner of plentifully extracting gold, and silver out of poor minerals, it being of little or no cost. — XLV. Another more easie manner of extracting gold and silver out of minerals. — XLVI. An easie operation of plentifull extracting gold and silver out of fat white Clay or Potters-earth. — XLVII. After what manner by the help of art, gold may be easily and plenteously extracted from the sand of Granates , Agaths , Saphyrs , and Rubies , and other stoney Mineral earths, which do neither admit of fusion, nor Lead, nor sharp Waters. — XLVIII. A most firm demonstration, that sharp Waters and Salts after the manner of the ways hitherto described, do draw forth more Gold and Silver as it were without cost, out of Mines or Minerals containing Gold and Silver, than sumptuous or costly melting Fires. — XLIX. A fundamental and evident demonstration, that a true transmutation, or trans-changing of Metals may be exercised in all places of the earth, wheresoever Men may dwell, yea in the least Cottages of Countrey folks, and indeed by the same matters and vessels which are found in them. — L. After what manner, out of this partly Green, partly Skie-colour of Copper, Gold and Silver is to be separated. — LI. After what sort pure Gold may be extracted out of any Copper. — LII. The manner of extracting Gold out of natural vitriol. — LIII. After what manner Gold is to be extracted out of Sea Salt, or Sea Water, not indeed with profit, but onely that it may be demonstrated, that Gold is hidden even in Sea Water or Sea Salt. — LIV. How, out of poor Mines of Copper, from which no profit can be perceived, Copper, as also Gold it self if it be present, is to be easily and without costs, extracted and separated. — LV. After what manner Gold may by an easie business by Fire and Salt, be separated out of Copper. — LVI. How Copper being extracted out of vitriolated Water, and adhering to Rods of Iron, is to be changed into Verdi-grease. — LVII. Out of wild or course Minerals, or veins of Lead, admitting of no melting, out of which no good Lead, much less Gold or Silver, can be drawn, how to extract not onely Lead, but also Gold and Silver with profit. — LVIII. Another way teaching by the help of Salt and Fire to draw Silver and Gold with great profit, out of all stubborn or rude and untamed metallick earths, in whose Veins Lead, Copper, Gravel, or course Sands, Iron, or Lapis Calaminaris have for the most part conjoyned in Society, and which do deny all profit by vulgar operations. — LIX. After what manner Metals are to be amended by pure Fire, or the fiery spirits of Salts. — LX. Let us now ascend higher, and demonstrate what incredible miracles or wonders our secret Fires of Salts may effect nigh to that great work of Philosophers. — LXI. How a vegetable subtile sulphur is to be so actuated by the nitrous moist fire, that it may extract the fixt sulphur of metals, or their pure tinging soul. — LXII. What spirits are, and by what means they operate good or evil. — LXIII. The particular medicinal use of the con-centrated spirits of salts. — LXIV. An Antidote against Poyson. — LXV. What Beasts they are whose Teeth and Horns doe (as to medicine) exceed the rest. — LXVI. An experimental discovery of what Vermine are fit for the use of medicine. — LXVII. An experimental discovery, of what Herbs are profitable for Medicine, or unprofitable. — LXVIII. The manner of preparing an effectual medicament out of venemous Vermine and Insects. — LXIX. The manner of separating the medicament made of Vermine dissolved by the moist fires. — LXX. How the operation in dealing with all kinds of Vermine is to be used. — LXXI. The separation of the medicinal Liquor from the moist fire, after the separation of the Oil. — LXXII. Whether or no every moist fire of salt is also fit for this labour? — LXXIII. Question. Whether or no there may be any more or any other usefull things learned from this solution of venemous Vermine? — LXXIV. The way how to know the internal nature of every Worm in the earth, Fish in the water, Birds in the air, yea even of Man himself. — LXXV. The preparation of good medicaments out of venemous vegetables, by the con-centrated spirits of salts. — LXXVI. The correction of the too vehemently purging subjects by the moist fires, whereby they may be safely made use of. — LXXVII. The correction of the too vehemently operative Diureticks, whereby they may be of safe use in the cure of the Stone. — LXXVIII. The amending of narcotick and somniferous subjects by our moist fires, that so they may perform or shew their virtues without hurt or danger. — LXXIX. The amending of venemous subjects, that are together purgative, sudorifick, diuretick, and somniferous, by our moist fires; insomuch that they do not onely become safe, but are the effecters of much good in medicine. — LXXX. Whether or no poisonous minerals may be corrected as well as the vegetables and animals, by our secret and moist fire of salt, and be turned into wholesome medicaments. — LXXXI. How the venenate and volatile minerals are so to be inverted by our moist fires, that the volatile be rendred fix, and the poison be made a medicine. — LXXXII. The manner of transmuting the fugacious and easily fluxible minerals by the moist fires of salts, so as that being fixed they hardly admit of fusion or melting. — LXXXIII. How flying mercury is to be so fixed as to admit of heating red hot. — LXXXIV. Another experiment easily demonstrating the possibility of rendring mercury constant in the fire, by our secret fires of salts, which thing the known and common fire can never do. — LXXXV. An historical discovery of the reduction and restoration of tenacious and corrupt Wine, to its former clarity and goodness. — LXXXVI. How our moist fires of Salt are able after a sort to fix the yellow and common sulphur, so that it may be used with profit both in Medicine and Alchymy. — LXXXVII. A way of turning Antimony into a snow-white medicament, by our moist fires of salts, and which is of safe and profitable use against the Plague, all Fevers, and other diseases. — LXXXVIII. By what means black and crude Antimony is to be reduced by the nitrous fire into a white powder, and the combustible and yellow sulphur separated therefrom, that it may serve as a Panacæa for the resisting of all diseases, and may operate by the four Emunctories, Vomit, Stool, Sweat, and Urine. — LXXXIX. By what means the con-centred fire of Kitchin salt drives over Antimony in a retort like Butter, and affordeth a matter of profitable use in Medicine and Alchymy. — XC. The way of turning mercury into a red, and strongly purging medicament by the operation of the nitrous fire. — XCI. The way of converting or turning the internal and yellow colour of our moist and white nitrous fire from the inmost parts, outward, and making it visible. — XCII. Of the admirable nature of Magnetism, attracting to it self its like. — XCIII. A clear and evident demonstration, whereby is shown that even the most hidden things may be manifested and rendred visible by their magnets. — XCIV. An operation demonstrating or affirming, that the internal and hidden natures and properties of things may be manifested and obtained by attractive or repulsive magnets. — XCV. The manner of extracting out of niter its gold-like soul. — XCVI. How the moist and cold fire of niter is to be so ordered as to yield its visible flame. — XCVII. An operation shewing the manner how by the help of salt peter promoted to the highest degree of subtilty, the superfluous combustible sulphur of the imperfect metals may be kindled and burnt up; even as common fire burns up wood, insomuch as nothing will be left remaining save a little fixt salt and ashes; so likewise in this burning up of the impure metals by our most pure salt peter, there remains also nothing save that fixt gold and silver which lay spiritually hidden in the metal, and is [now] left by the combustible Scoria’s. — XCVIII. The way of putting glasses in distillation and digestion, and so conserving them, that the boiling matter be not spilt. — XCIX. The manner of preparing such crucibles as will hold metals in flux a long time, and which can neither be broken nor melted. — C. An infallible demonstration, that in salt and fire all things lie hidden; or, that by the help of the Sun and Salt all things are generated, arise, grow, and encrease. — An Admonition to the friendly Reader, or a Proposition not prescribing or tying to any body, whereby is shewn how much benefit the Countrey may in general obtain by my not chargeable extraction of Gold and Silver out of the fugacious or flying Minerals.
48. 48.The Second Century OF GLAUBER’S Wealthy Store-house of Treasures. — II. The manner of reducing lead into ashes, and so handling it with the spirits of salt, that gold and silver may be thence gotten with profit. — III. The operation of incinerating the lead, or reducing it into ashes. — IV. The manner of bettering the ashes of lead by the spirits of salts, and of extracting thencefrom the gold and silver with gain. — V. A brief description of the secret Cementatory Pot, which admits not of any spilling, and which is sealed with the Seal of Hermes , of which I made mention in the first Century. — VI. Of the Cover of the Cementatory-pot, what it ought to be, that so it may suffer nothing to goe away in fume. — VII. Of the use and benefit of this secret Cementing Pot. — VIII. Another emendation or bettering of Lead by the graduating extractions of coloured Flints. — IX. The manner of reducing the precipitated and washed Calx of Sol without any loss. — X. The reduction of the solar Calx precipitated by the Liquour of Flints. — XI. How the Gold which is precipitated by the Liquor of Flints, is to be melted without Borax, by the Glass of Lead only, which is of a far meaner price. — XII. By what means the Glass of Lead which as yet contains in it some reliques of Gold is to be dealt withall, that it may let them goe out of its body. — XIII. The preparation of the Glass of Lead, for the reducing such Gold as being precipitated by the Liqour of Flints, is of difficult fusion. — XIV. Another way of reducing Gold precipitated by the Liqour of Flints. — XV. Another way of rendring the Gold precipitated by the Liqour of Flints fusible. — XVI. The way of reducing Gold, precipitated by the spirit of Urine. — XVII. By what means the fulminating force of Gold precipitated by a Lixivium , or spirit of Urine is to be taken away. — XVIII. By what means Gold that is despoiled of its fulminating force, by means of Sulphur may be reduced. — XIX. The manner of reducing the Metals that are not gotten out of the Waters by precipitation, but are freed from them by abstracting them. — XX. By what means such Gold as is commixt with Iron, or Copper, and from which (being extracted out of the Minerals) the dissolvent has been drawn off, is to be reduced. — XXI. Another proper and fitting matter to reduce such Gold as hath Iron in it. — XXII. The separation of the Antimony from the Gold. — XXIII. The way of making most excellent and inflamable Salt Peter in plenty, and with profit out of common Kitchin Salt and the Lixivium of Salt Peter that has been used. — XXIV. Another far more compendious way of converting common Salt, by the help of fixt Salt Peter into excellent Salt Peter. — XXV. Another gainfull way of making good and burning Salt Peter out of common Salt, by the help of fixt Salt Peter. — XXVI. The reduction of Silver extracted out of the Minerals, and freed from the Aq. Fortis by abstraction, [or drawing off the said Aq. Fortis .] — XXVII. The reduction of extracted Copper. — XXVIII. The way of making Copper, which hath Iron in it malleable by reduction. — XXIX. By what means Copper is to be separated from the Silver, if they are both together extracted out of the Mines, and the Silver has not been precipitated out of the solution by the Water of Salt, but the dissolving Menstruum hath been abstracted from them so conjoyned both together. — XXX. If the extracted Copper comprehends in it any Gold, by what means the Gold may be therefrom separated. — XXXI. The making of such a Menstruum as dissolveth the Copper and drives from it self, or precipitates the Gold. — XXXII. Another reduction of Copper that hath Gold in it, and the perfect separation of the Copper from the Gold. — XXXIII. A brief description of the above mentioned artificial Instrument, by the help whereof the spirits necessary for the extraction of the Metals out of the poor Mines that contain in them Gold, Silver and Copper, are plentifully prepared, the Minerals themselves extracted, and the dissolving Menstruums , again easily separated from the Metals. — XXXIV. Now follows an explication of some secrets effected by the help of my Sal. Mirabilis , concerning which there is mention made in the second part of Miraculum Mundi . — XXXV. By what means any Water, Wine, Ale, Vinegar and other liqours may be coagulated in a few hours space into hard pieces like Ice, by the Sal. Mirabilis . — XXXVI. The separation of the Water, Wine, or Ale, from the Sal. Mirabilis . — XXXVII. How the sharp spirits of Salts, as Aq. Fortis , Aq. Regis , Spirit of Salt, Spirit of Vitriol, of Allum, and the like may be coagulated into hard Salts, not unlike to frozen Water. — XXXVIII. How the head of a fountain may be stopped up by this Sal. Mirabilis . — XXXIX. The way of separating the Phlegm from subtile Spirits. — XL. Another and easier way, yea even almost an incredible and miraculous one of freeing Wine, Ale, Vinegar, Brandy, and all other moist liquors from their unprofitable Phlegm in a moment of time, by my Sal. Mirabilis . — XLI. The receiving or catching the breath of Men, as they sit in some warm Stove, and the changing it into the form of Ice. — XLII. A momentary operation of rendring any common Wine more generous, and exceedingly bettered by the cold Fires of Salts; and that in the presence of many Men. — XLIII. The amending of any midling or smallish Ale in the Winter Season, as well at Home as Abroad. — XLIV. Wherein this secret is beneficial to those that travel in the Winter Season. — XLV. What profit those that sail in the Sea may have by this secret. — XLVI. How by the help of this secret the unprofitable Phlegm of Brandy made of Corn may be taken away, that so it may become equal to the spirit that is made of the lees of Wine. — XLVII. By what means the superfluous waterishness is to be taken away from the weaker or waterisher Vinegar, that so it may be made stronger. — XLVIII. It may be quæried whether or no this bettering of Wine, Ale, Vinegar, Brandy, and other Drinks, and rendring them stronger and sweeter, may be done in great plenty, or whether it is to be accounted of as a curiosity onely? — XLIX. Whether or no likewise a great quantity of cold Fires out of Salts may be easily prepared. — L. How my Sal Mirabilis can free watery Oils of their superfluous humidity. — LI. The way of taking off the mustiness or stink from a Vessel corrupted or grown musty by lying, that it may be again fit to put more Wine into. — LII. The manner of preferring all kinds of Fruits, Eggs, Onions, and other moist Fruits of the ground a long time from corrupting. — LIII. Question. Why doth the Sal Mirabilis , which Corn has been macerated withall afore its sowing, and some whereof is mixed with the Earth, [or sown] attract the Rain, coagulate it, and hold it with it self longer than other Salts? — LIV. The preparation of the Sal Mirabilis , so as that it may become an universal Medicine for all Vegetables. — LV. What’s the reason that Wood lying long in the Water wherein Sal Mirabilis is dissolved, is turned into an hard Stone? — LVI. To reduce an half dead Tree to life again by the help of Sal Mirabilis , that it may revive and begin again to sprout out. — LVIII. How by the help of Sal Mirabilis most hard and insoluble subjects may be very easily dissolved. — LIX. What Sal Mirabilis is to be used to dissolve the Coles. — LX. The manner of reducing any Char-coal in half an hours space to its first matter, that is, into a sulphureous Salt, by the Sal Mirabilis . — LXI. How the Vegetable Sulphur is to be made visible. — LXII. Another way demonstrating that a Mineral Sulphur lies hidden in all Vegetables. — LXIII. There is yet another way of making the same Sulphur of Coals visible. — LXIV. There is likewise another way of extracting the same Sulphur out of Coals. — LXV. It may be demanded, whether or no the Coles themselves are to be onely made use of for this revivification of the dead Vegetables, and not the green or dry Wood they are made of, and the Herbs too, may also be thus dealt with. — LXVI. It may be queried, what Wood or what Herb being changed after that same manner by the Sal Mirabilis , yields the most excellent Medicine. — LXVII. A Demonstration, that out of dead Herbs and such as are again restored to life, may new Herbs be produced without the addition of the Seed of other Herbs. — LXVIII. How by the help of Sal Mirabilis , Metals are to be dissolved by the dry way, and to be converted into most excellent Medicaments, and first of Gold. — LXIX. The graduating of any Iron into Gold by this purple Salt. — LXX. The manner of exalting Copper into Silver. — LXXI. How Iron may be exalted into Copper in the melting by the help of Sal Mirabilis . — LXXII. The universal use of Sal Mirabilis in the emendation of Metals. — LXXIII. By what means the imperfect Metals may (by the Sal Mirabilis ) be turned into perfect ones. — LXXIV. The manner of conjoyning Gold contrary to its nature, with any burning and Volatile Vegetable Sulphur, and of amending the other Metals, all done by the help of my Sal Mirabilis . — LXXV. The way of making a most excellent Medicine out of the Carbuncle of Gold. — LXXVI. How by the help of this Medicament, there may be conferred on the Seeds of Vegetables, such an excellent faculty of growth, that they may be as it were seen grow, and may obtain a much nobler Nature, Colours, Savours, and Vertues, than they are wont to get out of the most stinking Dung. — LXXVII. What is to be observed in this Operation, that a good effect may proceed from thence. — LXXVIII. How any Wood or any Wood-coal may be so prepared by the Sal Mirabilis , as to be capable of a long while resisting the Fire. — LXXIX. How such kind of Woods which are always so near the Fire, as that they are still in danger of being burnt, and thereby threaten damage may be conserved from firing. — LXXX. How by the help of Sal Mirabilis any Wood may be conserved so, as for a long time to remain unhurt in the Water. — LXXXI. The Preparation of the Sal Mirabilis for this Work. — LXXXII. By what means trial may be made, if the Sal Mirabilis be duely prepared, and how it may be fitted for this and other Uses. — LXXXIII. It may be queried, whether the Sal Mirabilis serves for the use of Artificers and Craftsmen. — LXXXIV. How every Countreyman may encrease any kind of Corn or Seed with a thousand fold encrease, by the Sal Mirabilis if he can get it. — LXXXV. Whether or no a thousandfold encrease may be had of Corn by the Sal Mirabilis . — LXXXVI. The true and right way of macerating Corn in the Sal Mirabilis . — LXXXVII. The true and right way of sowing your macerated Corn in the Earth. — LXXXVIII. By what means the Sal Mirabilis may bring profit to the Dressers of Vines. — LXXXIX. By what means notable profit may be gotten by my Water-attracting Magnet. — XC. The second benefit. — XCI. The third benefit, and which is most acceptable to all Masters of Families. — XCII. Another way of getting profit by the Magnet’s drawing the Water out of Wines. — XCIII. There’s yet another way of getting notable profit by the said Magnet, viz. if the ill tast and fetidness be taken away from the Brandy; usually made of Corn. — XCIV. The benefit purchased by separating the Water from Vinegar. — XCV. By what means good Wine and Vinegar may be every year prepared by the help of this same Magnet, in those Countries in which the Grapes do not ripen. — XCVI. How in those cold Countries; as in Poland , Denmark , Suedeland , Norway , &c. Which by reason of the Coldness of the Air admit not of making Wine, there may nevertheless good Wine and Vinegar conducive to the health of Man be made. — XCVII. Whither or no, there be any other benefit, which our Magnet can bestow. — XCVIII. How the Water attracting Magnet may be serviceable to Physicians. — XCIX. The Cure of the Stone in the Reins and Bladder, and likewise of the Gout. — C. An universal Antimonial Purge to be used in all grievous Diseases, with, a very happy success.
49. 49.The Third Century OF GLAUBER’S Wealthy Store-house of Treasures. — Here follows an Explication of the Poetical Table, teaching us to make the Oil of Sulphur in quantity. — THE FOURTH CENTURY . — To extract the Sol that is in Granates. — To make a good Mercury of Wine. — To make a Mercury of Metals. — What the Soul of the greater and lesser World is. — All superfluities of Nature afford a volatile Salt. — A Good Bath. — To separate Sol from Luna by fluxing in a Crucible. — To recover the Sol and Luna which is got into the Pores of the Crucible. — Another way to perform the same. — To extract the Colour from Sol . — To extract Sol out of Stones. — To extract Sol from Stones. — A Tincture from Metals. — That there is a renovating vertue hid in Spiders. — Secrets of Serpents. — Sol and Sulphur yield a Tincture. — To make Sol red. — To make Purpurissa , or a Paint to make the Face look ruddy. — An Experiment upon Purpurissa or the Blood of the Lyon. — A Cementation that graduates Venus into Sol . — To make all Corrosives sweet. — A sweet graduating Spirit, usefull to the Melioration of Metals. — The Philosophical Work. — Sulphur is the Father of all Metals. — Sulphur is the universal Coagulator. — Demogorgon the Grand-father of all things. — The Vital Spirit, or radical moisture, is the Life and Growth of all Men. — THE FIFTH CENTURY . — The best particular and cheapest Universal.
50. 50.Novum Lumen Chymicum: OR A NEW CHYMICAL LIGHT . — The first Specimen of Probation. — The second Specimen of Probation. — A Third Specimen of Probation. — A Legitimate and Infallible way and manner of finding out and proving every Flint, Stone, and Sand, whether it containeth much or little Gold. — How it may be known whether Sand, Flints, and the like Stones, being pregnant with Gold, contain much Gold, or but little. — An Admonition to the READER .
51. 51.THE SPAGYRICAL PHARMACOPOEA: OR DISPENSATORY . — What Vegetables are, or what is meant by the name of Vegetables? — The Preparation of the Essences of Vegetables. — Process for Spices , &c.
52. 52.THE SECOND PART OF THE Spagyrical Dispensatory. — What Animals are, and what is understood or meant by them. — Of the Signature, Property, and Medicinal Vertues of the Bull-like and Horned Scarabæus or Beetle. — Of the Pilular or Globular Scarabæus . — The preparation and changing of all venemous Animals and Worms, &c. into safe and efficacious Medicaments. — A universal Menstruum by the help of which all Vegetables, Animals, and Minerals are dissolved, corrected, and reduced into a most pure and most safe Medicament. — The Process of turning Salt-peter into a fiery Liquor. — The use thereof in the preparation of such Medicaments as are made out of Animals, and also Vegetables. — The Preparation of Animals and Vegetables by the fiery Liquor of Niter, their Dissolution, Correction, and Transmutation into wholsome Medicines. — The Process and Preparation is as follows. — The Use, Power, and Virtues, of the Medicaments out of Vegetables, Animals, and Minerals: The Composition whereof we taught above. — Of the common use of this Medicine. — A Diuretick and Nephritick, extracted by the help of a certain proper Vegetable Spirit, and endued with excellent Virtues. — A Cordial and Comfortative to be used in great and continual Diseases. — Another Metallick Medicament prepared by the help of Nitre, out of a Vein of Lead containing Silver, and most profitable in all the Sicknesses or Distempers of the Brain. — A Uterine approved Medicament.
53. 53.THE THIRD PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa.
54. 54.THE FOURTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — CHAP . I. — CHAP . II. — CHAP . III. — CHAP . IV. — CHAP . V. — CHAP . VI. — CHAP . VII. — CHAP . VIII. — CHAP . IX. — CHAP . X. — A Story of a Child that had Worms. — CHAP . XI. — CHAP . XII. — CHAP . XIII.
55. 55.THE FIFTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Dispensatory. — Of the Lyon, or of the Bloud of the Lyon, or Gold, how it is to be prepared, and to be most profitably used as well in Medicine as in other Arts. — An easie way of making and preparing the Atoms of Gold. — The way of making a Golden Aq. Vitæ , and such as never as yet hath been described and published unto us by any Physician. — The Spices and Flowers which are to be extracted by the aforesaid Alcolizated Spirit of Wine, and to be used in the Aqua Vitæ . — The Use of the Universal Medicament described in my second Dialogue. — The Preparation thereof is as follows. — The Explication of the two Circular Figures of the Quintessence at the beginning of this Fifth Part of the Pharm. Spagyr .
56. 56.THE SIXTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — CHAP . I. — CHAP . II. — CHAP . III. — CHAP . IV. — CHAP . V. — CHAP . VI. — CHAP . VII. — CHAP . VIII. — CHAP . IX. — CHAP . X. — CHAP . XI. — CHAP . XII. — CHAP . XIII. — CHAP . XIV. — CHAP . XV. — The First Magnet. — Another Magnet. — CHAP . XVI. — CHAP . XVII. — CHAP . XVIII. — CHAP . XIX. — CHAP . XX. — CHAP . XXI. — CHAP . XXII. — CHAP . XXIII. — CHAP . XXIV. — CHAP . XXV. — CHAP . XXVI. — The Way of Extracting a yellow Tincture from white Nitre. — Now follows the Process. — CHAP . XXVII. — I. The black Feathers of Crows , — II. The white Feathers of Pidgeons , — III. Eagles Feathers , — The Feathers or Wings are thus found and acquired. — CHAP . XXVIII. — CHAP . XXIX. — CHAP . XXX. — An Admonition. — Quantum Lenta solent inter Viburna Cupressi.
57. 57.THE SEVENTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — Of the Secret Sal-Armoniack . — The way of making our Secret Sal-Armoniack . — The Use of our Salmiack , by the help of which, from Vegetables may be extracted very efficacious, and indeed incomparable Essences. — Way of preparing a subtile Mercurial Water (from which a running Mercury, called by Ancient Philosophers, the Mercury of Philosophers, may by the help of Art be ripened into a most potent Tincture) out of all Metals by the benefit of our secret Sal Armoniack . — The Process. — A Corollary.
58. 58.THE FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SEVENTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — Of the more ample Use of our Salmiack. — Of the more largely fruitfull use of our Sal Armoniack in Medicine and Alchymy. — Of the further use of our Salmiack. — Canon the Fifth, touching the Nature and Properties of Saturn. — A Furthur Use of our Salmiack. — Yet further, Touching the most fruitfull Use of our Alcahest , bringing great Gain in Metallick Labours.
59. 59.A Recapitulation, OR More ample Declaration of the precedent Secrets revealed.
60. 60.THE SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SEVENTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — Of the further profitable use of our secret Sal-Armoniack for the Melioration of Metals. — Of the nature and property of Lead. — Of the Nature and Property of Jupiter , what he wants, and what he hath too much of, and how his noxious superfluities may be removed, so as on the Cupel he may yield his hidden Gold and Silver. — A Process for to separate Gold and Silver with great profit from Tin. — A Corollary , or Supplement to the foregoing Appendix .
61. 61.THE THIRD APPENDIX TO THE SEVENTH PART OF THE Spagyrical Pharmacopœa. — A PROCESS , — Of the Nature and Property of our New-found Griffons-Claws , and Eagles-Wings, and what incredible things may thereby be performed in Physick , Alchimy , and other Arts. — A PROCESS , — To fix the Common, Combustible, Yellow Sulphur in three days time into a red and fix tinging Stone. — A PROCESS .
62. 62.LIBELLUS IGNIUM , OR , Book of FIRES . — Of the first Fire, and its Profitable use. — Of the benefit of this Lamp. — Of the Use of this Earthy Fire. — Here followeth a shorter and easier way. — Next followeth the fourth Secret Fire of the Wise, to perfect an Universal Medicine both for Men and Metals. — [Here should come in a small Treatise, entitled, The Explication of Solomon ’s Words : Viz. — A TREATISE OF THE Three Principles of Metals, VIZ. The Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt of Philosophers, HOW They may profitably be used in Medicine , Alchymy , and other Arts. — Of the Use of this Element of Fire , which Paracelsus hath so earnestly commended to all Physicians. — [ Here Salt Nitre is introduced, speaking of himself and to himself only. ] — Here is presented, first, the Method of Washing Black Sulphur so, as it becomes very White. — Process. — Another way of Fixing Sulphur . — Another way of Fixing Sulphur . — The Use of our Fixed Sulphur , and, first, in Medicine. — The Use of the same in Chymistry. — Behold I present you the way of Opening and Constituting a perpetual Metallurgy of ☉ and ☽. — The way of adding to Fixed 🜍 a Ferment, by the benefit of which, is acquired Ingress into Metals, penetrative, and amending the same. — The way of Preparing a perpetual Metallurgy of ☉ and ☽, by the help of Fixed Sulphur. — A COROLLARY . — OF THE MERCURY of Philosophers. — Now follows my own Experience, Way and Method, By which I have several times freed the forementioned Captive, and set him at Liberty. — The Process follows. — The Conjunction of Philosophick Mercury with Gold. — The Fixation of Mercury with Gold. — The Fixation of the Mercury of ♂ and ♀, into one Tincture. — How to prove, whether Mercury be Legitimately prepared, and whether it can give forth the Tincture of Metals. — A Tryal, or Proof, whether the Mercury of Metals be so well prepared, as of it with ☉ may be made a Tincture. — The way of Preparing a tinging Mercury out of Antimony . — The way of Preparing out of ♂ and ♀ a tinging Mercury , by the help of Resuscitative Salts only, without any Corrosives. — Now follows the Process. — The way of Preparing Mercury out of Metals and Minerals, by the benefit of Tartar only, without any other Salts. — The way of Preparing Mercury of Saturn , by Tartar only. — The way of Preparing Mercury of Antimony , by the help of Tartar only. — The Method of Distilling a tinging Mercurial Spirit from Metals another way. — The way of making good Mercury of Saturn and Luna . — The way of Preparing Mercury of Jupiter . — Behold, I present thee another way, by which, without any Charge or Expense of Money, you may easily prepare as much of the Philosophick ☿, as you will. — A COROLLARY .
63. 63.OF THE Salt of PHILOSOPHERS . — Of the Preparation of the Salt of Philosophers . — The incredible Virtue and Efficacy, which this wonderful Salt manifests in Preparation of Tinctures, for exalting all Metals and Minerals to the perfection of Gold. — Behold I present to you, yet another Royal Experiment, which I have not long since effected, by the help of our Red Stone, in the following manner. — A COROLLARY .
64. 64.A Short BOOK OF DIALOGUES , OR , (Certain) Colloquies of some Studious Searchers after the Hermetick Medicine and Universal Tincture. — The Explication of the annexed Figure belonging to this Treatise, noted with these Words: Inde Dialogus . — The First Dialogue, or Conference, betwixt two Lovers of Hermetick Medicine, deciphered by the Letters, A. and B. the last of which hath had a prosperous Success on his Labours, the other not, and therefore craves of this last ( viz. B.) a Manuduction to the Work, whereby he is rendred Master of his desire. — The COROLLARY , Or, Present over and above. — The Second Dialogue, or Conference, Or a Continuation of the precedent Colloquy or Dialogue, treating of the Preparation of an universal Medicament out of the black venemous and Volatile, Saturnine Magnesia . — The COROLLARY . — The Third Dialogue, or Conference, betwixt B. and C. treating of the true Universal and particular Medicine of the ancient Philosophers, (extracted) out of such Gold as is yet fugacious, or Volatile, and immature; (and is) to be ripened by their secret Fire; which Operation is by them styled, the work of Women, and play of Children. — The COROLLARY . — A Short Exposition upon the Hellish Goddess Proserpina , the Wife of Pluto , viz. what the Heathenish Philosophick Poets, as Ovid and Virgil understood by it. — And how, by the help of this Proserpina , the Animæ , or Souls, of the Mortified Metallick Bodies are carried out of the Chymical Hell into the Philosophick Heaven. Translated out of the High-Dutch . — Now follows the Fundamental Process, how to make good Gold out if Silver, with profit, and how to separate, after a particular manner, good Gold and Silver, out of Iron, Copper, Tin and Lead. — Now followeth the easie Coagulation of our Red Oyl of Mars and Antimony , into a Red, Sweet, and fluxible Stone. — The PROCESS .
65. 65.OF ELIAS the ARTIST : OR , What we are to understand by Elias the Artist, and what he is to reform in the World at his coming. — Concerning the Salt of Art. — The PROCESS . — An Appendix or COROLLARY.
66. 66.Of the Three most noble STONES generated by Three Secret FIRES. AND , — Here followeth the Composition, or Preparation of our secret Fire. — Of the Second Fire, and its marvelous Fire-stone, which is generated by it. — Of the Third secret Fire, and the wonderful Stone that is engendered by it. — Of the true use of this Medicine in Diseases. — Of the outward Use of our Fire-Stone.
67. 67.De Purgatorio Philosophorum: OR , A TREATISE concerning the Purifying Fire of the Wise Men. — Concerning the First Purgatory. — A Good Fulmen or powerful cleansing Fire for to purifie the Common Mercury , so as afterwards it may be easily fixed. — Another Fulmen to graduate Venus into Luna . — Another Rapid Fulmen changing Iron and Steel into Good Gold. — That the first Work of the Elixir, is every where to be found. — An Advertisement to the Courteous READER . — A Recapitulation: Or, Summary Repetition. — CHAP . LVI.
68. 68.OF THE Secret Fire of Philosophers. — Of the Secret Fire of Philosophers, by which they have maturated their Tinctures. — Now here followeth a Fundamental Process, without any Legerdemain, how to bring Gold and Silver into a Tincture. — A RECAPITULATION
69. 69.A TREATISE CONCERNING The Animal-Stone: OR , — OF THE ANIMAL-STONE . — A Relation of what happened at Vienna between Paracelsus and some of the Imperial-Court Physicians. — An Experimental Demonstration, that a Mineral Virtue is hid in the Hair of Beasts. — Another Experiment to demonstrate, that a Mineral Mercury and Sulphur is contained in the Superfluities of Animals. — A Corollary: Or, Appendix to the foregoing Discourse. — A PROCESS . — A PROCESS , To Sublime the Coals of Sol , Mercury and Animal Sulphur into Purple coloured Flowers, with the help of a fulminating Powder.
70. 70.THE INDEX . — Advertisement of BOOKS Published by the Authour.

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