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I.15 · Nitre and Salt in Minerals
German & Latin
1723 pp 70–72Das XV. Capitel. Dass das Nitrum und Sal in denen Mineralien zu finden, und dass solche aus diesen beyden gemacht und wieder dahin resolvirt werden.
The Golden Chain of Homer: I.15 · Nitre and Salt in Minerals
1723 pp 70–7215 Nitre and Salt Are Found in Minerals, Which Are Made From These Two and Resolve Into Them Again
Chapter outline
Increasing earthly fixation changes the universal seed’s properties and inflammability.
Saline dissolution is taken to demonstrate minerals’ kinship with salt.
Subterranean vapours are said to condense, corrode rock and generate Gur.
Sulphur, arsenic and marcasite form successive stages toward metallic matter.
The author reconciles nitre and salt with the inherited mercury–sulphur–salt account.
Putrefaction is introduced as the key to generation and destruction.
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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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