Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.

Name: Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.
Author: Macquer, Pierre Joseph

Macquer, Pierre Joseph

Chemistry -- Early works to 1800

1. PROCESS. To separate Iron from its Ore           270

  2. To render Pig-iron and brittle Iron malleable    273

  3. To convert Iron into Steel                       274

  4. The Calcination of Iron. Sundry Saffrons of Mars 276

  5. Iron dissolved by the mineral Acids              277

  CHAP V. _Of Tin._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Tin from its Ore             279

  2. The Calcination of Tin                           280

  3. The Dissolution of Tin by Acids                  284

  CHAP. VI. _Of Lead._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Lead from its Ore            286

  2. To separate Lead from Copper                     289

  3. The Calcination of Lead                          292

  4. To prepare Glass of Lead                         293

  5. Lead dissolved by the Nitrous Acid               295

  CHAP. VII. _Of Mercury._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Mercury from its Ore, or to
  revivify it from Cinabar                            298

  2. To give Mercury, by the action of Fire, the
  appearance of a Metalline Calx                      301

  3. To dissolve Mercury in the Vitriolic Acid. Turbith
  Mineral                                             302

  4. To combine Mercury with Sulphur. Æthiop's
  Mineral                                             304

  5. To sublime the Combination of Mercury and Sulphur
  into Cinabar                                        306

  6. To dissolve Mercury in the Nitrous Acid. Sundry
  Mercurial Precipitates                              307

  7. To combine Mercury with the Acid of Sea-salt.
  Corrosive Sublimate                                 308

  8. Sweet Sublimate                                  312

  9. The Panacea of Mercury                           314

  SECTION  III.

  Of Operations on the Semi-Metals.

  CHAP. I. _Of Antimony._

  1. PROCESS. To separate Antimony from its Ore       315

  2. The common Regulus of Antimony                   316

  3. Regulus of Antimony precipitated by Metals       318

  4. The Calcination of Antimony                      321

  5. Calx of Antimony reduced to a Regulus            323

  6. Antimony calcined with Nitre. Liver of Antimony.
  _Crocus Metallorum_                                 325

  7. Another Calcination of Antimony with Nitre.
  Diaphoretic Antimony. _Materia Perlata_.
  _Clyssus_ of Antimony                               326

  8. Calx of Antimony vitrified                       330

  9. Kermes Mineral                                   331

  10. Regulus of Antimony dissolved in the Mineral
  Acids                                               335

  11. Regulus of Antimony combined with the Acid of
  Sea-salt Butter of Antimony. Cinabar of Antimony    338

  12. Butter of Antimony decompounded by means of
  Water only. _Pulvis Algaroth_, or _Mercurius Vitæ_.
  The Philosophic Spirit of Vitriol                   342

  13. Bezoar Mineral.  The Bezoartic Spirit of Nitre  343

  14. Flowers of Antimony                             347

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