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23 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them
German & Latin
1723 pp 161Arbor Generationis Mineralium. 1. Spiritus Nitri & Salis cum resolvenda terra, inde 2. Vitriolum inde Gur, inde 3. Sulphur, inde 4. ○=○, inde 5. Marcasita alba & rubea, Antimonium, Bismuthum, inde 6. Metallum, inde improprium in ultima 7. fit Vitrum.
Tree of mineral generation. Original printed page 161; its seven stages are translated in the preceding passage.
Source: Aurea Catena Homeri (1723), Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich; digitised by e-rara. Public-domain original. https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-3819
The Golden Chain of Homer: 23 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them
1723 pp 161Socrates
Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · 23 What the Generation of Minerals Is and Which Principles Constitute Them · B1C23S001 · 1723 pp 161
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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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