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Rare Books and Manuscripts : Opus Primum Extractio & rectificatio spiritus.

Isaac Newton

Rare Books and Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Also features extensive interlinear notes and additions apparently inserted after the main text had been written.<br /> f. 1r 'Opus primum. Extractio <& rectificatio> spiritus.'<br /> f. 2r 'Opus secundum. Extractio animæ.'<br /> f. 3r 'Opus tertium. Terræ calcinatio'<br /> f. 5r 'Opus quintum./ Acuatio spiritus rectificanti cum rebus calidis sui generis per sublimationes, & conversio in mercurium vegetabilem ut et in Quintessentiam quæ cælum est Philosophorum, et Liquor Alkahest, quocum fit Aurum potabile.'<br /> f. 11r 'Opus sextum. Solutio sicca et humida metallorum vulgi <eorumq[ue] purgatio &> multiplicatio infinita mercurij sophici et extractio auri vivi.'</p><p>Transcription available from the <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/mss/norm/ALCH00030'>Chymistry of Isaac Newton Project</a></p></p>

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