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7 the Anatomy of Animals
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1723 pp 330–331Der andere folgende ist von lauter purität, der keine faeces (wie die Chymisten scrupulanter sich einbilden) leidet, sondern eine höchst-purificirte Quint-Essenz ist, also: Wenn du eines animalis oder vegetabilis partes volatiles, acidas, oleosas geschieden hast, so rectificire das volatile & acidum aufs beste von aller phlegma, als du kannst, und insgemein fast in allen Autoribus zum Theil hin und wieder in Büchern beschrieben ist. Denn so Rec. das Oehl, reibs unter 2. Theil Kohlen, und ziehe es auch per retortam in Aschen oder Sand über. So du aber die Olität nicht haben wilt, so reibe das Oehl unter seine Kohlen, thue es auf einen Treib-Scherben, und setze es in einen Becker- oder Pasteten-Ofen, wenn er den Ofen heitzet, so reverberiret die Flamme desuper die Kohlen und das Oehl zu Aschen und Saltz. Du must aber den Treib-Scherben an einen Ort stellen, wo kein Holtz oder Kohlen kan drein fallen, und nur die Flamme herüber spielet. Denn so es zu Aschen worden, so lauge es in proprio phlegma aus, filtra, coagula, so hast du das alcali, solches setze wieder in Treib-Scherben, und laß wieder in solchem Ofen reverberiren und ausglüen, solvirs wieder in seinem phlegma oder distillirten Regen-Wasser, filtra, coagula. Dieses reverberiren, ausglüen, solviren, filtriren, coaguliren thue so lange, bis das Saltz schön klar und weiß wird, so sind die 3. partes, das volatile, acidum und alcali aufs beste purificiret.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 7 the Anatomy of Animals
1723 pp 330–331The other route that follows is wholly concerned with purity. It admits no dregs—as chymists scrupulously imagine them—but yields a most highly purified quintessence. Proceed thus. Once you have separated an animal's or plant's volatile, acidic, and oily parts, rectify the volatile and acid as thoroughly as possible from all phlegm, as described here and there in the books of almost all authors. Then take the oil, rub it into two parts of coal, and draw it over through a retort in ashes or sand. If you do not want the oiliness, rub the oil into its own coals, put it on a roasting dish, and set it in a baker's or pastry oven while the oven is being heated. The flame reverberating from above reduces the coals and oil to ash and salt. Place the dish where no wood or coal can fall into it and only the flame plays over it. Once it has become ash, leach it in its own phlegm, filter, and coagulate: you have the alkali. Put this again on a roasting dish and let it reverberate and become incandescent in the oven. Dissolve it again in its phlegm or distilled rainwater, filter, and coagulate. Repeat reverberating, heating to incandescence, dissolving, filtering, and coagulating until the salt becomes beautifully clear and white. The three parts, volatile, acid, and alkali, are then purified as well as possible.
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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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