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Rare Books and Manuscripts : Melt 1[pound] of Sulphur & put to it 3[pound] of quicksilver

Isaac Newton

Rare Books and Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>a) f. 1r Copy of a recipe for multiplying silver (by adding silver, antimony and lead to cinnabar).<br /> b) ff. 2r-5r Notes on 'Aqua Sicca', 'Aquila Iovis' and 'Sceptrum Iovis', with repeatedly reworked recipes for preparing these substances, accompanied by annotations either in parallel columns or at the foot of the page.<br /> c) ff. 6r-8v Notes and recipes derived from an unidentified source, with rough sketches of furnaces and calculations.</p><p>Transcription available from the <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/mss/norm/ALCH00047'>Chymistry of Isaac Newton Project</a></p></p>

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