Alchemical and chemical receipts, mostly translated from Hindi.

Collection of receipts for chemical and alchemical processes, for the production of artificial metals and gems, medical remedies, etc.: translated from Hindustani. Written on blue paper: all except the first section have an impressed stamp lettered '1846 S.B.F.' Illustrated by a few rough pen-drawings of apparatus, etc. Dated 1848 on the recto of the last leaf.

6 sections. fol. 33x211/2 cm. Unbound.

Purchased 1920 (accesssion 40324)

Catalogue entry prepared by Access to Archives mark-up staff from published finding aids (with additional information provided by Christopher Hilton) and edited for inclusion in Wellcome Library database by Christopher Hilton.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).