ldanielrosa
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alchemy terms
Sometimes I'll google search for something, and end up in an alchemy forum or article.
I might be able to find useful material there if I can come to grips with their meanings- they use "sulphur" for a lot of things that aren't e.g.
"metallic sulphur", "martian sulphur", "sulphur of saturn", and "sulphur of sulphur". Does this mean a specific anion? Is it context specific for
each one?
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Quote: Originally posted by ldanielrosa  | Sometimes I'll google search for something, and end up in an alchemy forum or article.
I might be able to find useful material there if I can come to grips with their meanings- they use "sulphur" for a lot of things that aren't e.g.
"metallic sulphur", "martian sulphur", "sulphur of saturn", and "sulphur of sulphur". Does this mean a specific anion? Is it context specific for
each one? |
Such things were part of the lingo of the alchemists and "chymists" of those times. It has to do with their theories of metallic composition. They
thought that metals were composed of two, or sometimes three, "principles", generally called "sulphur" & "mercury" (as well as "salt" for those
who believed in three metallic "principles".)
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i've found liver of sulfur to be weird and spirit of nitre, i think hydrogen was called azote too. i still see the term passing over a bed of hot
coals or in an atmosphere of such and such. only after seeing smuv's set-up of an ammonia generator did i understand how one could make a bed of
anything . for the longest time the image i had of a bed of coals was the firewalker's pit.
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| Quote: Originally posted by ldanielrosa | Sometimes I'll google search for something, and end up in an alchemy forum or article.
I might be able to find useful material there if I can come to grips with their meanings- they use "sulphur" for a lot of things that aren't e.g.
"metallic sulphur", "martian sulphur", "sulphur of saturn", and "sulphur of sulphur". Does this mean a specific anion? Is it context specific for
each one? |
Look up Saturn in a dictionary.
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If you haven't already come across it you might want to look at
http://www.alchemywebsite.com/texts.html
They have a list of terms and names which I've found very helpful.
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