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I.22 · The Generation of Plants
German & Latin
1723 pp 123Das XXII. Capitel. Was die Geburt der Vegetabilien sey, und aus was für Principiis solche bestehen und wieder resolviret werden.
The Golden Chain of Homer: I.22 · The Generation of Plants
1723 pp 12322 What the Generation of Plants Is, Which Principles Constitute Them, and Into Which They Resolve Again
Chapter outline
The stages of vegetable generation and the plant as an intermediary between animals and minerals
Roots as magnets and nutrition through salts and vapours
The circulation of subterranean and atmospheric nourishment
The production of nitre and salt in soils and manures
Practical trials concerning germination and plant growth
The resolution of vegetables and the relation of volatile and fixed 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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