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Author: Y-Worth, W. (William)
Title: Chymicus rationalis, or, The fundamental grounds of the chymical art rationally stated and demonstrated by various examples in distillation, rectification, and exhaltation of vinor spirits, tinctures, oyls, salts, powers, and oleosums ... : in which is contained A philosophical description of the astrum lunare microcosmicum, or phospheros ... / by W. Y-Worth.
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Y-Worth, W. (William)
London: Printed for Thomas Salusbury, 1692.
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Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
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TO THE Honoured and truly Ingenious ROBERT BOYLE, Esq;.
TO THE Friendly READER, By way of INTRODUCTION.
to the reader
Advertisement of some new Books lately published and sold by Tho. Salusbury, at the Sign of the Temple near the Inner Temple-gate in Fleet-street.
Chymicus Rationalis: OR, THE Fundamental Grounds OF THE CHIMICAL ART, Rationally STATED and DEMONSTRATED.
CHAP. I. Treats concerning several Rational and Fun∣damental Rules in this Art.
CHAP. II. In which we shall first treat of Vinor Spi∣rits, and their Office in the Extraction of Tinctures, and some other Spagirick Preparations.
Spiritus Vini Tartarisatus.
To Extract the Tinctures, Gums or Rosins from Woods and Roots.
The Way to make Extracts.
Another.
To make the Balsamick Tincture of Elder-Berries.
To make any of the Spirits of the first Book, Golden or Purging.
CHAP. III. Of Essential and Chymical Oyls.
Glauber's Way of Distilling Vegetable Oyls, whereby a greater quantity is acquired, than by the common Way, by a Vessica.
To make the Oyl of Orange and Lemmon Peels.
Dr. Hill's way of Preparing Oyls from Herbs.
To make Oyl of Gums; first of Castor: the best way.
The Oyl of Mastick and Frankincense, ac∣cording to Glauber.
To make the Oyl of Benjamin, according to Robert Boyle, Esq;
To make the Oyl of Turpentine.
Another way.
The Chymical way to make Oyl of Turpen∣pentine so aetherial, as to unite with Spi∣rit of Wine.
To make Oleum Pini, or Oyl of Pine.
Oleum Regeneratum.
Virtues.
Oleum Succinii: Or, The Oyl and Vola∣tile Salt of Amber.
Oyl of Soot and Stone-Coal.
Oyl of Hartshorn or any other of the urinous Classes.
To make a subtil Spirit useful in dissolving Amber.
CHAP. IV. In which we shall treat of Salts.
Sal Mirabilis communis, Or
Tartarum Vitreolatum.
CHAP. V. Concerning Ʋrinous Spirits in general.
The Anatomy of Ʋrine, and Way to be made use of in the Preparation of its Spirit.
Now follows the Preparation of the Fospe∣rus, or the Astrum lunare Microcosmi∣cum.
Observations concerning it.
Concerning Common Sal-Armoniack
The Spirit of Sal-Armoniack.
Spiritus Mundus.
CHAP. VI. Treats concerning Powers and Oleosums.
Aqua Anhaltina quoe & imperialis dicta est.
Aqua Aromatica Antipeliptica nostra.
Sal Volatilis & Oleosus.
This is an excellent Spirit, and may be given at Meals, from 15 to 30 drops in a Glass of Wine.
Another.
Sal Volatilis, Aromaticus & Oleosum.
Elixir Proprietatis.
Dr. Thompson's Stomatick Tincture, or Pepper Drops.
The Tincture Hemetine.
Potestates Succinii Nostrae.
Virtues.
Elixir proprietatis Helinontiae.
Its Virtues.
Its Dose and Application.
CHAP. VII. Treats concerning Menstruums in general.
Menstruum Ʋrino-acidum.
Another for dissolving of Talk.
To make your S. Armoniack.
The Use of the Oyl is thus:
Menstruum acidum Radicale Zwelfare.
The Spirit of Nitre.
Oyl of Vitreol.
The Way of Trying of Oars, and the Separating of Mettals, and to Refine, Cupel and Test by Cone and Quart, will be shewed under the Title of the Separation of Mettals.
Spiritus Salis dulcis.
Oleum Vitrii & Spiritus Vini: Or Ra∣bel's Drops.
CHAP. VIII. Treats concerning the Mineral-work, and the Office of the General Spirit, in reducing and exalting Mineral Bodies, and how they may be brought to Noble Medica∣ments.
Of Saturn, or Lead.
section
Species Antimonii Russilii.
To draw the Salt of Antimony.
The Liver of Antimony and Antimony Dia∣phoretick.
section
To make Vitreum Antimonii.
The Antimonial Cup.
To make the Regulus of Antimony, and to separate the superfluous Antimonial Sul∣phur.
Of Jupiter, or Tin.
Of Mars, or Iron.
Salt of ♂ made per se.
Flores Martis, or ♂ sublimed.
The Anima of ♂.
Sal Calybis magisterialis.
Of Sol, or Gold.
The Preparation of the Gold.
Another.
To draw the Θ of Mettals, called Sal Sa∣pientiae.
section
The Preparation of ☉ for an Arcanum.
Panchymagogon or Catholicon, purging all Humors in the Body of Man.
How to Prepare the Mercury.
Aurum Fulmineum.
Aurum Potabile.
Half and Aurum Potabile.
Aurum Potabile nostrum.
Of Venus, or Copper.
The Tincture of Venus.
Of the Vitriol of Venus made into a Noble Medicament.
The Sublimations of ♀, or Ens Veneris.
Species Veneris gradus Aureosa.
Of Mercury, or Quick-silver. First the Magnet of Mercury.
The white Precipitate of Mercury.
Mercurius Dulcis Diaphoretic. & Cathar∣tic.
To make Mercurius Praecipitat. per se.
The sweet Oyl of Mercury.
The radical Vinegar, that dissolves this Mercury.
Another sweet Oyl of Mercury.
Arcanum Mercuriale & Catharticum.
Of Lune, or Silver.
Pillula Lunaris, or θ of ☽.
Virtues.
The Sublimations of Lune.
The Distillation of Lune, or Luna Pota∣bilis.
Chymical Observations and Recolle∣ctions, by way of Conclusion.
The general Contents of the Chap∣ters of this Book.
Catalogus Medicinarum Chymicaruns & Spagiricarum: OR, A Catalogue of Chymical and Spagirical Medicines, being a Table of the Princi∣pal Contents of this Treatise.
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