12-30-2022, 08:59 PM
Here is an interesting diagram found in Athanasius Kircher's book on alchemy in his Mundus Subterraneus.
The Latin text appears to say.
Whatever is contained in the whole of alchemy is set before the eyes of the inquisitive reader, as if in an anacephalaeotic synopsis. And outside of this, whether you look at the manufacture of stone, or at the metallurgical art, or at the mixtures of metals, or again at their genesis, do not look for anything useful and fruitful for chemical operations.
In this combinatorial chart, the imperfect metals and substances all seem to trace themselves back to the perfect metals plus sulphur.
The Latin text appears to say.
Whatever is contained in the whole of alchemy is set before the eyes of the inquisitive reader, as if in an anacephalaeotic synopsis. And outside of this, whether you look at the manufacture of stone, or at the metallurgical art, or at the mixtures of metals, or again at their genesis, do not look for anything useful and fruitful for chemical operations.
In this combinatorial chart, the imperfect metals and substances all seem to trace themselves back to the perfect metals plus sulphur.
Adam McLean
