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1723 scan 452–453pag. 343. lin. 10. pro alcali / als leg. alcali homogen / als. ib. lin. 15. pro Sal commune leg. Vitriolum. pag. 347. lin. 17. pro davon leg. daran. ib. lin. 22. et 23. pro wo die Natur so wenig nachgearbeitet hat / leg. wo die Natur noch zu wenig gearbeitet hat. pag. 350. lin. 20. et 21. pro wiewol unverständig leg. unwissend. Pag. 353. lin. 8. pro noch lieber die Flüchtigkeit der animalien leg. noch mehr lieben die Flüchtigkeit die animalien. ibid. lin. 25. 26. et 27. del. und von dieser in die animalische Art in eine vegetabilische. Pag. 354. lin. 13. nach Salpeter add. oder ana. Pag. 355. lin. 20. et 21. pro eines gleichen auch in gleiche Natur bringen leg. andere subjecta auch in solche Natur bringen. Pag. 357. lin. 11. pro reus leg. à Rege. ibid. lin. 25. nach in welchen add. die Natur. Pag. 362. lin. 3. pro Wesen leg. Wasser. ib. lin. 11. et 12. pro als Schwefel / Arsenic / Antimonium / leg. als Gold läst sich mit Schwefel / Arsenic / Antimonium calciniren. ibid. lin. 21. pro trockenes leg. lauteres. pag. 363. lin. 9. pro welches aber dem leg. und. pag. 366. lin. 14. et 15. leg. Sequitur nunc Arcanum Minerale seu Arbor Dulcificationis.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 452–453Page 343, line 10: read “homogeneous alkali, as” for “alkali, as”; line 15, “vitriol” for “common salt.” Page 347, line 17: “on it” for “from it”; lines 22–23, “where nature has still worked too little” for “where nature has done so little further work.” Page 350, lines 20–21: “unknowing” for “although uncomprehending.” Page 353, line 8: “animals love volatility still more” for “still more readily the volatility of animals”; lines 25–27: delete “and from this into the animal kind into a vegetable one.” Page 354, line 13, after “saltpetre,” add “or in equal quantities.” Page 355, lines 20–21: read “bring other subjects too into such a nature” for “bring its like too into an equal nature.” Page 357, line 11: “by the king” for reus; line 25, after “in which,” add “nature.” Page 362, line 3: “water” for “being”; lines 11–12: “as gold can be calcined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony” for “as sulphur, arsenic, antimony”; line 21, “pure” for “dry.” Page 363, line 9: “and” for “which, however, to the.” Page 366, lines 14–15: “There follows now the mineral secret or tree of sweetening.”
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
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Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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