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II.1 · The Return of Nitre and Salt to Vapour
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1723 pp 216–217Wie aber die Natur solche fixe spermata, als den Salpeter und Saltz wieder in Wasser, alsdenn zu Dämpffen reducire, haben wir im vordern Theil bey dem Capitel von der Erden Ausfluß und an andern Orten, sonderlich von denen Mineralien gezeiget, und ist nicht Noth hier zu repetiren, wie solche durch das Centrum terrae Dampff-Weise bis in die Lufft ausbrechen &c. Fangen also nach gesetzten Universalibus bey der nechsten animalischen Sphaera an, wie solche ihre corruption nehmen und wieder ad primum gehen.
The Golden Chain of Homer: II.1 · The Return of Nitre and Salt to Vapour
1723 pp 216–217How nature reduces these fixed seeds, saltpetre and salt, back into water and then into vapours has been shown in the preceding part, in the chapter on the outflow of the earth and elsewhere, especially in the discussion of minerals. There is no need to repeat here how they break forth in the form of vapour, by way of the centre of the earth, as far as the air, and so on. With these universal principles established, let us therefore begin with the adjacent animal sphere and consider how its members undergo corruption and return to their first state.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · II.1 · The Return of Nitre and Salt to Vapour · B2C01S002 · 1723 pp 216–217
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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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