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The Golden Chain of Homer
A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723
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23 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them
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1723 pp 161Das XXIII. Capitel. Was die Geburt der Mineralien sey, und aus was für Principiis sie bestehen.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 23 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them
1723 pp 16123 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them
Chapter outline
The mineral tree and the value of comparing authorities
Universal nitre and salt and the generation of subterranean vapours
The dissolution of earth and successive formation of Gur sulphur arsenic marcasite and metals
Differences in ores stones and metals according to earth heat and digestion
Experiments and analogies concerning maturation fixation and metallic generation
The relation of mineral principles to the general cycle of nature
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.About This Reading Edition
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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