The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber : $b containing, great variety of choice secrets in medicine and alchymy in the working of metallick mines, and the separation of metals: also, various cheap and easie ways of making salt-petre, and improving of barren-land, and the fruits of the earth.Glauber, Johann Rudolf
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The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber : $b containing, great variety of choice secrets in medicine and alchymy in the working of metallick mines, and the separation of metals: also, various cheap and easie ways of making salt-petre, and improving of barren-land, and the fruits of the earth.
Glauber, Johann Rudolf
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800
Many things might be said concerning this matter, for although men
may be found in any part of the world, who know how to make malt
of corn, and of this beer and vinegar; yet many things may be said
of this matter for the correcting of it; but because it is not my
purpose to shew such things now, yet I shall say something of the use
of the copper globe which any one may provide instead of Caldrons, and
which is to be used with a certain wooden vessel in the boyling of
Beer, which by this way he may, as hath been spoken above concerning
the operations, make as well as by the help of Caldrons. Moreover I
could here also teach some other most profitable secrets, _viz._ [_See
Consolat. of Seamen_] how honey may be freed from its ungrateful odour,
and tast by the help of precipitation; and how afterwards a most sweet
spirit is to be drawn out of it very like in all things to the spirit
of wine: also how the best and sweetest wine clear, and durable like
to Mallago, may be made thence: also how after purging it is to be
crystallised, so as to resemble Sugar-candy in goodness and tast: also
how the sweetness thereof may be converted into Tartar, very like to
the natural: [_See Explicat. Mirac. Mundi._] Also how out of fruits
of trees, as cherries, apples, pears, _&c._ a very good, and durable
wine in goodness, colour, tast, and vertue, like to the natural, may be
made; also how out of unripe grapes, that are not maturated either by
the inclemency of the country, or air, their acidity being changed into
sweetness, very good Wines like to the Rhenish may be made: also how
out of sorrel, and other vegetables, a very good Tartar may be made,
and that in a great quantity without much costs, resembling the Rhenish
in colour, tast, and other vertues: Also how out of Corn, (whether
malted, or ground in a Mill) a very good spirit is to be made, and also
a very good vinegar like to the Rhenish; also how out of Corn, (ground
in a mill) or Meal, a very good spirit is to be distilled without any
loss of the Meal, continuing yet fit to make bread. Such and more of
this sort might be taught in this place, but because it is not good to
divulge all things together, and at once, and this book would by this
means grow bigger than I am willing it should, if such things should be
here taught, I shall make an end of this Book (omitting other excellent
possible secrets of nature) which although it be but little, yet will
without doubt be profitable to many. And so Reader farewel.
THE
FOURTH PART
OF
Philosophical Furnaces:
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