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

15. Regulus of Antimony converted into Flowers      348

  CHAP. II.  _Of Bismuth._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Bismuth from its Ore         350

  2. Bismuth dissolved by Acids. Magistery of Bismuth.
  Sympathetic Ink                                     352

  CHAP. III. _Of Zinc._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Zinc from its Ore, or
  Calamine                                            357

  2. To sublime Zinc into Flowers                     359

  3. To combine Zinc with Copper. Brass. Prince's
  Metal, &c.                                          361

  4. Zinc dissolved in the Mineral Acids              365

  CHAP. IV.  _Of Arsenic._

  1. PROCESS. To extract Arsenic from its matrix.
  Zafre or Smalt                                      367

  2. To separate Arsenic from Sulphur                 371

  3. To give Arsenic the Metalline Form. Regulus of
  Arsenic                                             374

  4. To distil the Nitrous Acid by the interposition
  of Arsenic. Blue _Aqua Fortis_. A new Neutral Salt
  of Arsenic                                          377

  5. To alkalizate Nitre by Arsenic                   379


  PART II.  OF VEGETABLES.

  SECTION I. Operations on unfermented Vegetables.

  CHAP. I. _Of the Substances obtained from
  Vegetables by Expression only._

  1. PROCESS. To express and depurate the juice of a
  Plant, containing its Essential Salt. The
  crystallization of that Salt                        383

  2. To draw the Oils out of Kernels, Seeds, and Fruits,
  by Expression                                       386

  3. To draw the Essential Oils of certain Fruits by
  Expression                                          387

  CHAP. II.  _Of the Substances obtained from
  Vegetables by Triture._

  1. PROCESS. To make the Extract of a Plant by
  Trituration                                         389

  2. To extract from Seeds and Kernels, by
  Trituration, the matter of Emulsions                392

  CHAP. III.  _Of Operations on Fat Oils._

  1. PROCESS. To attenuate Fat Oils, and change their
  nature, by exposing them to the action of fire, and
  distilling them                                     395

  2. To combine Fat Oils with Acids. The decomposition
  of this combination                                 398

  3. To combine Fat Oils with Fixed Alkalis. Hard and
  Soft Soap. The decomposition of Soap                400

  4. To combine Fat Oils with Sulphur                 405

  5. To combine Fat Oils with Lead, and the Calces of
  Lead. The Basis of Plasters. The decomposition of
  this combination                                    406

  CHAP. IV. _Of the substances obtained from Vegetables with
  a degree of heat not exceeding that of boiling water._

  1. PROCESS. To obtain from Plants, by distilling them
  with the mean degree of heat between freezing and
  boiling water, a liquor impregnated with their
  Principle of Odour                                  408

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