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         --  French, John.

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         --  The Art of Distillation : Or, A Treatise of the Choicest Spagyrical Preparations Performed by Way of Distillation, Being Partly Taken Out of the Most Select Chemical Authors of the Diverse Languages and Partly Out of the Author's Manual Experience together with, The Description of the Chiefest Furnaces and Vessels Used by Ancient and Modern Chemists also A Discourse on Diverse Spagyrical Experiments and Curiosities, and of the Anatomy of Gold and Silver, with The Chiefest Preparations and Curiosities Thereof, and Virtues of Them All. Contained In Six Books Composed By John French, Dr. of Physick London.

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         --  Early History / Distillery ~  A delightful look at ancient Alchemy.  

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This is a cook book for making potions, perfume, beer, concoctions, brewing of all sorts with illustrations of how to set up distillery.  The methods may be archaic by today's standards, but are invaluable for the small brewer, craftsman.  This is essentially early tonics and medicines.

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Original content from the original version:  Printed by Richard Cotes and are to sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Britain without Aldersgate, 1651.

167 pages, with 8 supplemental pages of index/contents. Includes 42 illustrations.

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Table of contents:
The Epistle Dedicatory, 3
John French's Preface to his Art of Distillation, 5
BOOK  I
-WHAT DISTILLATION IS AND THE KINDS THEREOF, 11
-OF THE MATTER AND FORM OF FURNACES, 12
-OF VESSELS FIT FOR DISTILLATION, 12
-OF LUTES FOR COATING OF GLASSES AND FOR
 CLOSURES AS ALSO SEVERAL WAYS OF STOPPING
 GLASSES, 13
-AN EXPLANATION OF SUCH HARD WORDS AND TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE
  USED IN THIS ENSUING TREATISE, 17
-RULES TO BE CONSIDERED IN DISTILLATION, 20
-COMMON DISTILLED SIMPLE WATERS ARE MADE THUS, 23
-TO MAKE WATERS IN A COLD STILL THAT SHALL HAVE THE FULL SMELL
 AND VIRTUE OF THE VEGETABLE, 24
-ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONGLY OF ITS
 VEGETABLE, 24
-TO MAKE WATER AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR IN A COLD STILL WITHOUT
 GREEN HERBS, SO THAT THE WATER SHALL SMELL STRONG OF THE HERB, 24
-ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONG OF ITS
 VEGETABLES, 25
-TO MAKE THE WATER OF THE FLOWERS OF JASMINE, HONEYSUCKLES OR
 WOODBINE, VIOLETS, LILIES, ETC. RETAIN THE SMELL OF THEIR FLOWERS, 25
-A WATER OUT OF BERRIES IS MADE THUS, 28
-A SWEATING WATER MADE OF ELDERBERRIES, 28
-WATER OUT OF ROTTEN APPLES IS MADE THUS, 32
-HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE AND SPIRIT OF WINE OUT OF WINE, 32
-HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE OUT OF BEER, 34
-HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE OUT OF BEER(2), 34
-TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF WINE WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST
 CORDIALS AND MOST ODORIFEROUS LIQUOR IN THE WORLD, 34
-TO MAKE ANOTHER MAGISTERY OF WINE THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL
 TURN WATER INTO PERFECT WINE, 36
-TO MAKE ANOTHER MAGISTERY OF WINE THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL
 TURN WATER INTO PERFECT WINE(2), 36
-TO EXTRACT THE SPIRIT OUT OF WINE BY THE SPIRIT OF WINE, 36
-TO MAKE A VERY SUBTLE SPIRIT OF WINE AT THE FIRST DISTILLING, 37
-THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS, 41
-THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY SUDDENLY AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR BE
 MADE THUS, 43
-TO MAKE ANY VEGETABLE YIELD ITS SPIRIT QUICKLY, 43
-TO REDUCE THE WHOLE HERB INTO A LIQUOR WHICH MAY WELL BE CALLED
 THE ESSENCE THEREOF, 43
-TO MAKE AN ESSENCE OF ANY HERB, WHICH BEING PUT INTO A GLASS AND HELD
 OVER A GENTLE FIRE, THE LIVELY FORM AND IDEA OF THE HERB WILL APPEAR
 IN THE GLASS, 43
-THE TRUE ESSENCE OR RATHER QUINTESSENCE OF ANY HERB IS MADE THUS, 44
-TO EXTRACT THE QUINTESSENCE OF ALL VEGETABLES, 44
-AN EXCELLENT ESSENCE OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY BE MADE THUS, 44
-WATER OR SPIRIT OF MANNA IS MADE THUS, 44
-THE CHEMICAL OIL OF THE HERB OR FLOWER OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS, 45
-THE OIL COMMONLY CALLED THE SPIRIT OF ROSES, 45
-OILS ARE MADE OUT OF SEEDS THUS, 45
-OILS ARE MADE OUT OF BERRIES THUS, 46
-OIL IS MADE OUT OF ANY SOLID WOOD THUS, 46
-TO MAKE A MOST EXCELLENT OIL OUT OF ANY WOOD OR GUMS IN A SHORT TIME
 WITHOUT MUCH COST, 46
-TO MAKE VEGETABLES YIELD THEIR OIL EASILY, 46
-OIL OR SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE IS MADE THUS, 47
-OIL OF GUMS, RESINS, FAT AND OILY THINGS MAY BE DRAWN THUS, 47
-OIL OF CAMPHOR IS MADE THUS, 47
-ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR THAT IT SHALL NOT BE REDUCED
 AGAIN, 47
-ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR, 48
-A TRUE OIL OF SUGAR, 48
-OIL OF AMBER IS MADE THUS, 48
-OIL OF MYRRH IS MADE THUS(2), 48
-OIL OF MYRRH PER DELIQUIUM OR BY DISSOLUTION IS MADE THUS, 48
-OIL OF TARTAR PER DELIQUIUM, BY DISSOLUTION, 49
-OILS OF EXPRESSION ARE MADE THUS, 49
-A VOMITING & PURGING OIL MADE BY EXPRESSION, 49
-OIL OF JASMINE IS MADE THUS, 49
-TO MAKE ANY OIL OR WATER PER DESCENSUM, 50
-HOW TO MAKE AN OIL AND WATER OUT OF SOOT, 51
-HOW TO RECTIFY SPIRITS, 51
-HOW TO RECTIFY ALL STINKING THICK BLACK OILS THAT ARE MADE BY A RETORT AND TO TAKE AWAY THEIR STINK, 53
BOOK II
-OF COMPOUND WATERS AND SPIRITS A DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM, 55
-ANOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM OR ACETUM PHILOSOPHICUM, 56
-NOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM, 56
-PARACELSUS HIS ELIXIR SUBTILITATIS, 56
-USQUE - BATH OR IRISH AQUA VITAE IS MADE THUS, 56
-AQUA CELESTIS IS MADE THUS, 56
-AQUA IMPERIALIS IS MADE THUS, 57
-AQUA MIRABILIS IS MADE THUS, 57
-DR. STEPHEN'S WATER IS MADE THUS, 57
-A FAMOUS SURFEIT WATER, 58
-A PECTORAL WATER, 58
-A VERY EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE WORMS, 59
-A WATER AGAINST THE CONVULSIONS, 59
-A HYDROPICAL WATER, 59
-A WATER AGAINST THE COLIC, 60
-A WATER AGAINST THE VERTIGO AND CONVULSIONS, 60
-A COMPOUND WATER OF BURRE ROOT CAUSING SWEAT, 60
-ANOTHER EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC AND PLAGUE WATER, 61
-DR. BURGES, HIS PLAGUE WATER, 61
-CROLLIUS, HIS TREAKLE WATER CAMPHORATED, 61
-A DISTILLED TREAKLE VINEGAR, 62
-AN EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE STONE IN THE KIDNEYS, 62
-ANOTHER WATER FOR THE SAME USE, 62
-TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT WOUND WATER, 63
-DR. MATHIAS, HIS PALSY WATER IS MADE THUS, 63
-A SCORBUTICAL WATEROR A COMPOUND WATER OF HORSERADISH IS MADE THUS, 64
-SPIRIT OF CASTOR IS MADE THUS, 64
-BEZEARD WATER IS MADE THUS, 64
-TO MAKE A SPECIFICAL SUDORIFIC, 65
-TREAKLE WATER IS MADE THUS, 65
-AQUA MARIAE IS MADE THUS, 65
-THE MOTHER WATER COMMONLY CALLED HYSTERICAL WATER IS MADE THUS, 65
-A VOMITING WATER IS MADE THUS, 66
-A VOMITING WATER MADE BY PLATEAUS, 66
-A DISTILLED WATER THAT PURGES WITHOUT ANY PAIN OR GRIPING, 66
-A SPECIFIC LIQUOR AGAINST THE TOOTHACHE, 67
BOOK III
-OF MINERALS SPIRIT OF SALT IS MADE THUS, 69
-OIL OR SPIRIT OF SALT MAY ALSO BE MADE AFTER THIS MANNER, 70
-TO TURN SALTPETRE INTO A WATER BY A MERE DIGESTION, 70
-SPIRIT OF SALT ARMONIAC, 71
-OIL OR SPIRIT OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS, 71
-A RED AND HEAVY OIL OF VITRIOL, 71
-TO DULCIFY THE SPIRIT OF VITRIOL AND OF SALT, 71
-GILLA THEOPHRASTI OR A MOST DELICATE VOMITING LIQUOR MADE OF VITRIOL, 72
-OIL OF SULPHUR PER CAMPANUM, 72
-THE OIL OF SULPHUR IS MADE AFTER A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL MANNER THUS, 73
-THE ESSENCE OF SULPHUR, 73
-THE OIL OF ARSENIC IS MADE THUS, 73
-AQUA FORTIS OR A STRONG SPIRIT (THAT WILL DISSOLVE SILVER AND BASER
 METALS) IS MADE THUS, 73
-AQUA REGIA OR STYGIA OR A STRONG SPIRIT THAT WILL DISSOLVE GOLD IS
 MADE THUS, 74
-ANOTHER AQUA REGIA IS MADE THUS, 74
-TO MAKE A MOST STRONG AND VEHEMENT AQUA FORTIS, 74
-OIL OR BUTTER OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS, 74
-HOW TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF ANTIMONY WHEREOF A FEW DROPS SHALL
 PURGE OR SWEAT AND WHICH HAS NEITHER SMELL OR SCARCE ANY TASTE, 76
-TO MAKE AN OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF METALS, 76
-THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS, 76
-THE TRUE OIL OR ESSENCE OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS, 76
-A BURNING SPIRIT MADE OUT OF LEAD MOST FRAGRANT AND BALSAMICAL, 77
-HOW TO TURN QUICKSILVER INTO A WATER WITHOUT MIXING ANYTHING WITH
 IT AND TO MAKE THEREOF A GOOD PURGATIVE AND DIAPHORETIC MEDICINE, 77
-A FRAGRANT OIL OF MERCURY, 78
-TO TURN MERCURY INTO A WATER BY ITSELF, 78
-TO MAKE AN OIL OF LAPIS CALAMINARIS, 81
-TO MAKE OIL OF TALC, 82
-TO MAKE OIL OF TALC ANOTHER WAY, 82
-OIL IS MADE OF BOLE AMMONIAC TERRA SIGILLATA AND SUCH KIND OF CLAY
 EARTHS THUS, 83
-OIL OUT OF THESE KINDS OF EARTH IIS MADE BETTER THUS, 83
-SPIRIT OF UNSLAKED LIME IS MADE THUS, 83
-OIL MADE OUT OF TILE STONES CALLED THE OIL OF PHILOSOPHERS, 83
-THE LIQUOR OR WATER OF CORAL IS MADE THUS, 84
-TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF LAPIS ARMENUS THAT SHALL HAVE NEITHER TASTE
 NOR SMELL A FEW DROPS WHEREOF SHALL PURGE, 84
-HOW TO MAKE A FURNACE THAT SHALL OF ITSELF WITHOUT ANY VESSELS
 WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN THE MATTER BEING PUT INTO IT SUBLIME MINERALS
 AND DISTILL ALL MANNER OF OILS AND SPIRITS OUT OF MINERALS, VEGETABLES,
 AND ANIMALS AND THAT IN A VERY GREAT QUANTITY IN A VERY SHORT TIME
 AND WITH SMALL COST, 85
-ROS VITRIOLI IS MADE THUS, 88
-A SWEET GREEN OIL OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS, 88
-THE SULPHUR OF VITRIOL MAY WITH SPIRIT OF WINE BE EXTRACTED THUS, 89
-A SUDORIFIC WATER TO BE USED OUTWARDLY, 89
-HOW TO RECTIFY OILS AND SPIRITS OF MINERALS, 89
BOOK IV :   
  OF ANIMALS, WATERS, SPIRITS, AND OILS, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND OUT OF ANIMALS
-OIL AND WATER OUT OF BLOOD IS MADE THUS, 91
 -TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF BLOOD, 91
-ELIXIR OF MUMMY IS MADE THUS, 92
-THE ESSENCE OF MAN'S BRAINS, 92
-A FAMOUS SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM HUMANUM, 92
-ANOTHER EXCELLENT SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM, HARTS HORN, OR IVORY, 93
-A WATER AND OIL MADE OUT OF HAIR, 93
-WATER OF MILK IS MADE THUS, 93
-AN EXCELLENT COMPOUND WATER OF MILK FOR ANY INFLAMMATIONS IN THE
 EYES, 93
-SPIRIT OF URINE IS MADE THUS, 94
-A COMPOUND SPIRIT OF URINE, 94
-TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF HONEY, 94
-THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY IS MADE THUS, 95
-SOME MAKE THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY AFTER THIS MANNER, 95
-AN ESSENCE OF HONEY MAY BE MADE THUS, 95
-A MOST STRONG SPIRIT OF THE VINEGAR OF HONEY, 95
-OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF WAX, 96
-WATER IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS, 96
-WATER OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS, 96
-A VERY EXCELLENT RESTORATIVE LIQUOR, 97
-A BALSAM MADE OF BEAR'S FAT, 97
-THE OIL OF SNAKES AND ADDERS, 97
-THE QUINTESSENCE OF SNAKES, ADDERS, OR VIPERS, 98
-VIPER WINE IS MADE THUS, 98
-KUNRATH'S FAMOUS WATER CALLED AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS, 98
-ANOTHER AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS IS MADE THUS, 99
-WATER OF DUNG IS MADE THUS, 99
-A WATER OF DOVES' DUNG IS MADE THUS, 99
-A WATER MADE OF HORSE DUNG, 100
-A WATER SMELLING LIKE AMBER MADE BY PARACELSUS OUT OF COW DUNG, 100
-AN EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC MADE OF THE YOUNG BUDS OF HARTSHORN, 100
-OIL OUT OF BONES AND HORNS IS MADE THUS, 100
-THE WATER OF SWALLOWS AGAINST THE FALLING SICKNESS, 100
-OIL OF EGGS IS MADE THUS, 101
-A WATER OF THE WHITES OF EGGS THAT WILL CURE A WOUND WITHOUT ANY
 VISIBLE SCAR, 101
-A WATER OF CRABS IS MADE THUS, 101
-AN OIL OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF CRAB EYES THUS, 101
-WATER OF SPAWN OF FROGS IS MADE THUS, 102
-A COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS, 102
-ANOTHER COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS, 102
BOOK V :
   A MISCELLANY OF SPAGYRICAL EXPERIMENTS AND CURIOSITIES
-THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WATER, 103
-THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WINE, 106
-THE FAMOUS ARCANUM OR RESTORATIVE MEDICAMENT OF PARACELSUS CALLED
 HIS HOMUNCULUS, 108
-AN ARTIFICIAL WAY TO MAKE FLESH, 111
-PARACELSUS, HIS WAY FOR THE RAISING OF A DEAD BIRD TO LIFE AND FOR THE
 GENERATING MANY SERPENTS OF ONE BOTH WHICH ARE PERFORMED BY
 PURTEFACTION, 111
-TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL MALLAGO WINE, 112
-TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL CLARET WINE, 112
-AN ARTIFICIAL MALMESEY, 112
-TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT AROMATICAL HYPPOCRAS, 112
-TO MAKE EXCELLENT HYPPOCRAS WINE IN AN INSTANT, 114
-ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE HYPPOCRAS OR MAKE ANY WINE TO TASTE OF ANY
 VEGETABLE IN AN INSTANT, 114
-TO MAKE A GOOD RASPBERRY WINE, 115
-TWO OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT ALL THE YEAR AT AN INSTANT, 115
-TO MAKE MEAD OR METHEGLIN THAT IT SHALL TASTE STALE AND QUICK WITHIN
 A FORTNIGHT AND BE FIT TO DRINK, 115
-TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF AMBERGRIS THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL PERFUME
 A PINT OF WINE MOST RICHLY, 116
-AN EXCELLENT SWEET WATER, 116
-TO PURIFY AND TO GIVE AN EXCELLENT SMELL AND TASTE UNTO OIL OF OLIVE
 THAT THEY THAT LOATHE IT MAY DELIGHT TO EAT IT, 116
-ANOTHER WAY, 117
-TO PURIFY BUTTER THAT IT SHALL KEEP FRESH AND SWEET A LONG TIME AND
 BE MOST WONDERFUL SWEET IN TASTE, 117
-TO MAKE BUTTER TASTE OF ANY VEGETABLE WITHOUT ALTERING THE COLOR
 THEREOF, 117
-TO MAKE CHEESE TASTE STRONG OF ANY VEGETABLE WITHOUT DISCOLORING
 OF IT, 118
-TO PURIFY AND REFINE SUGAR, 118
-TO MAKE A VEGETABLE GROW AND BECOME MORE GLORIOUS THAN ANY OF ITS
 SPECIES, 118
-TO MAKE A PLANT GROW IN TWO OR THREE HOURS, 118
-TO MAKE THE IDEA OF ANY PLANT APPEAR IN A GLASS AS IF THE VERY PLANT
 ITSELF WERE THERE, 119
-TO MAKE FIR TREES APPEAR IN TURPENTINE, 119
-TO MAKE HARTSHORN SEEMINGLY TO GROW IN A GLASS, 119
-TO MAKE GOLDEN MOUNTAINS AS IT WERE APPEAR IN A GLASS, 120
-TO MAKE THE REPRESENTATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD IN A GLASS, 120
-TO MAKE FOUR ELEMENTS APPEAR IN A GLASS, 120
-TO MAKE A PERPETUAL MOTION IN A GLASS, 120
-TO MAKE A LUMINOUS WATER THAT SHALL GIVE LIGHT BY NIGHT, 121
-TO MAKE A VAPOR IN A CHAMBER THAT HE THAT ENTERS INTO IT WITH A CANDLE
 SHALL THINK THE ROOM TO BE ON FIRE, 121
-TO MAKE POWDER THAT BY SPITTING UPON SHALL BE INFLAMED, 121
-TO FORTIFY A LOADSTONE THAT IT SHALL BE ABLE TO DRAW A NAIL OUT OF A
 PIECE OF WOOD, 122
-TO MAKE QUICKSILVER MALLEABLE IN SEVEN HOURS, 122
-TO REDUCE GLASS INTO ITS FIRST PRINCIPLES VIZ. SAND AND SALT, 123
-TO WRITE OR ENGRAVE UPON AN EGG OR PIBBLE WITH WAX OR GREASE, 123
-TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL PEARL AS GLORIOUS AS ANY ORIENTAL, 123
-TO MAKE A MINERAL PERFUME, 123
-THE OIL OR LIQUOR OF SAND, FLINTS, PEBBLES, OR CRYSTALS FOR THE
 AFORESAID PREPARATION IS MADE THUS, 124
-TO MAKE STEEL GROW IN A GLASS LIKE A TREE, 125
-TO MELT A METAL IN ONE'S HAND WITHOUT BURNING OF THE HAND, 125
-AN OBSERVATION UPON THE BEAMS OF THE SUN AND HEAT OF THE FIRE HOW
 THEY ADD WEIGHT TO MINERAL & METAL BODIES, 125
-TO EXTRACT A WHITE MILKY SUBSTANCE FROM THE RAYS OF THE MOON, 126
-TO CONDENSE THE AIR IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER AND IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
 INTO WATER, 127
-HOW TWO SORTS OF VOLATILE SALTS WILL BE FIXED BY JOINING THEM
 TOGETHER, 127
-TO MAKE AN UNGUENT THAT A FEW GRAINS THEREOF BEING APPLIED 
 OUTWARDLY WILL CAUSE VOMITING OR LOOSNESS AS YOU PLEASE, 127
-HOW TO MAKE A MEDICINE THAT HALF A GRAIN THEREOF BEING TAKEN EVERY
  MORNING WILL KEEP THE BODY SOLUBLE, 128
-TO MAKE A CORDIAL STOMACHICAL AND PURGATIVE TINCTURE, 128
-ANOTHER, 128
-TO REDUCE DISTILLED TURPENTINE INTO ITS BODY AGAIN, 129
-TO MAKE THE DISTILLED OIL OUT OF ANY HERB, SEED, OR FLOWER IN AN INSTANT
 WITHOUT ANY FURNACE, 129
-TO MAKE WATER AND THE TINCTURE OF ANY VEGETABLE AT THE SAME TIME
 WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO DRAW OUT THE VIRTUE THEREOF, 130
-A WAY TO SEPARATE FRESH WATER FROM SALT WITHOUT A FURNACE OR
 MUCH TROUBLE, 131
-A WAY TO PURGE AND PURIFY TROUBLED AND MUDDY WATERS, 131
-ANY THICK ANOTHER WAY TO PURIFY MUDDY, OR FECULENT LIQUOR, 132
-TO KEEP FIRE IN A GLASS THAT WHILE THE GLASS IS SHUT WILL NOT BURN BUT
 AS SOON AS IT IS OPENED WILL BE INFLAMED, 133
-ANOTHER LAMP FURNACE, 136
-TO MAKE A CANDLE THAT SHALL LAST LONG, 136
-TO MAKE A LASTING AND DURABLE OIL, 136
-PHILOSOPHICAL BELLOWS, 137
-AN EXCELLENT INVENTION TO MAKE A FIRE, 138
-A NEW INVENTION FOR BATHS, 139
-AN ARTIFICIAL BATH MADE FROM THE SAME PRINCIPLES AS THE NATURAL
 BATH IS, 140
-AN ARTIFICIAL TUNBRIDGE AND EPSOM WATER, 144
-TO MAKE ARTIFICIA L PRECIOUS STONES OF ALL SORTS OF COLORS, 145
-TO PROVE WHAT KIND OF METAL THERE IS IN ANY ORE ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE BUT
 A VERY FEW GRAINS THEREOF SO AS THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE PROOF THEREOF
 THE ORDINARY WAY WITH LEAD, 147
-A REMARKAB LE OBSERVATION UPON THE MELTING OF SALT ARMONIAC AND
 CALX VIVE TOGETHER, 147
-AN EASY AND CHEAP POWDER LIKE UNTO AURUM FULMINANS, 148
-TO MAKE THE ANTIMONIAL CUP AND TO CAST DIVERSE FIGURES OF ANTIMONY, 148
 
 
BOOK VI
-THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF GOLD AND SILVER TOGETHER WITH THE
 CURIOSITIES THEREIN AND CHIEFEST PREPARATIONS THEREOF, 151
-DR. ANTHONY'S FAMOUS AURUM POTABILE AND OIL OF GOLD, 156
-THE TRUE OIL OF GOLD, 157
-A TINCTURE OF GOLD, 157
-ANOTHER TINCTURE OF GOLD, 158
-ANOTHER TINCTURE OF GOLD, 158
-ANOTHER TINCTURE, 158
-ANOTHER TINCTURE (2), 159
-AURUM FULMINANS, 159
-TO MAKE GOLD GROW IN A GLASS LIKE A TREE WHICH IS CALLED THE GOLDEN
 TREE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, 160
-ANOTHER WAY, 160
-TO MAKE GOLD GROW AND BE INCREASED IN THE EARTH, 160
-A REMARKABLE OBSERVATION UPON A GOLDEN MARCASITE, 161
-THE VIRTUES OF THE AFORESAID PREPARATIONS OF GOLD, 161
-THE PREPARATIONS OF SILVER IN GENERAL, 162
-A GREEN TINCTURE OF SILVER, 162
-A GREEN OIL OF SILVER, 163
-TO MAKE OIL OF SILVER PER DELIQUIUM, 163
-TO MAKE A LIQUOR OF SILVER THAT SHALL MAKE THE GLASS WHEREIN IT IS SO
 EXCEEDING COLD THAT NO MAN IS ABLE FOR THE COLDNESS THEREOF TO HOLD
 IT IN HIS HAND ANY LONG TIME, 164
-TO MAKE SILVER AS WHITE AS SNOW, 164
-TO MAKE THE SILVER TREE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, 164
-THE PROCESS OF THE ELIXIR ACCORDING TO PARACELSUS, 165
-THE PROCESS OF THE ELIXIR ACCORDING TO DIVI LESCHI GENUS AMO, 165
-THE PROCESS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE ACCORDING TO PONTANUS, 166
-THE SMARAGDINE TABLE OF HERMES FROM WHENCE ALL ALCHEMY DID ARISE, 166
-POSTSCRIPT, 167