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The Golden Chain of Homer
A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723
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I.13 · Nitre and Salt in Animals
German & Latin
1723 pp 67–68Das XIII. Capitel. Dass das Nitrum und Sal in denen Animalien zu finden, und dass solche aus diesen beyden gemacht, auch wieder dahin resolvirt werden.
The Golden Chain of Homer: I.13 · Nitre and Salt in Animals
1723 pp 67–6813 Nitre and Salt Are Found in Animals, Which Are Made From These Two and Resolve Into Them Again
Chapter outline
Animal analysis yields volatile and fixed salts and inflammable oil.
Fertility is linked to a nitrous and saline constitution.
Saltpeter workers and the decay of buried bodies are invoked as evidence.
Return to nitre and salt is taken to show an origin in those principles.
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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.
Historical Text and Translation
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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