Volume 1

A course of chymistry. Containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicines which are used in physick. With curious remarks and useful discourses upon each preparation, for the benefit of such who desire to be instructed in the knowledge of this art / [Nicolas Lémery].

  • Nicolas Lemery
Date:
1686
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Credit: A course of chymistry. Containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicines which are used in physick. With curious remarks and useful discourses upon each preparation, for the benefit of such who desire to be instructed in the knowledge of this art / [Nicolas Lémery]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The SECOND YABLE. aa Moveable Furnace for fupions. pA Regifters, or holes to let the air into the fire. C A Dome divided intwo. | d Alittle Chimny,and the flame paffing through tt. e dn lrontrevetto fupport the furnace. £ Aglaf Mortar, with its Peftle, : gh A pot with.acoffin of paper over it, for re= ‘cerving the Flowers of Benjamin. | tk] A Afatraf,, or Bolt-head, and its blind-head, ~ for fublimations. mt mn A great earthen pan, with a little Cup turned upfide downwards, .A Crucible containing the lighted Sulphur. A great glaf Tunnel, todraw Spirit of Sulphur. ‘0 A Mould. p 4 copper Body. q Its Refrigeratory. r Lhe Receiver. s A Circulating veffel. tA Pot with a hole in the middle of its height, and the fopple of the hole lying by. u Three Aludels, or Pots upon one another. x Theglaf bead. | y A Mould to make the balls of Regulus of Anti- mony, which are called perpetual Pills. z The Mould wherewith to form the lapis infer- nalis. a aa Alittle furnace, and its pan with fand init, and.an earthen pan filled with liquor to be evaporated. Poe, * ‘ bb A Coppel. cc A little Coppel to make treals with.