| 1885 - 914 Seiten
...plumbi." Geber, the Arabian, who wrote in the 8th century, gives, if mediaeval translations of his works are to be trusted,* a sufficiently accurate...other aid than his ; but it must be remembered that it was the object of the alchemists to distinguish silver from gold, and to isolate the metals, rather... | |
| 1887 - 886 Seiten
...Arabian, who died AD 777, the greatest of the early alchemists, gives, if medieval translations of his works are to be trusted, a sufficiently accurate description...conducted at the present day with no other aid than his. He calls the process of cupellation the trial of the cineritium, and he points out, in the course of... | |
| Ernest Alfred Smith - 1913 - 486 Seiten
...Arabian, who died AD 777, the greatest of the early alchemists, gives, if medieval translations of his works are to be trusted, a sufficiently accurate description...conducted at the present day with no other aid than that which he gives. The operation, as described by Geber, would, however, more nearly correspond to... | |
| Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen - 1914 - 454 Seiten
...metallurgical operation. Geber, the Arabian, gives, if mediaeval translations of his works are to be trusted,4 a sufficiently accurate description of the process...other aid than his ; but it must be remembered that it was the object of the alchemist to distinguish silver from gold, and to isolate the metals, rather... | |
| Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen - 1914 - 468 Seiten
...metallurgical operation. Geber, the Arabian, gives, if mediaeval translations of his works are to be trusted,4 a sufficiently accurate description of the process...other aid than his ; but it must be remembered that it was the object of the alchemist to distinguish silver from gold, and to isolate the metals, rather... | |
| Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1885 - 824 Seiten
...plumli." Geber, the Arabian, who wrote in the 8th century, gives, if mediaeval translations of his works are to be trusted,* a sufficiently accurate...other aid than his ; but it must be remembered that it was the object of the alchemists to distinguish silver from gold, and to isolate the metals, rather... | |
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