Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XI
5. Illustrations XIV
6. INTRODUCTION XV
7. Libellus de Alchimia of ALBERTUS MAGNUS
8. PREFACE 1
9. 1. ON VARIOUS ERRORS 5
10. 2. HOW DO METALS ARISE? 7
11. 3. THE PROOF THAT THE ALCHEMICAL ART IS TRUE 9
12. 4. THE KIND AND NUMBER OF FURNACES THAT ARE NECESSARY 14
13. 5. ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF FURNACES 15
14. 6. HOW MANY, WHAT KIND, AND OF WHAT USE ARE THE SUBLIMATION OVENS? 16
15. 7. HOW ARE DISTILLATION OVENS [TO BE MADE] ? 16
16. 8. ON GLAZING OVENS 17
17. 9. HOW ARE CLAY VESSELS GLAZED ? 17
18. 10. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF METALS WHICH COLOR 18
19. 11. WHAT IS ELIXIR, AND HOW MANY OF THE METALS ARE TRANSMUTED THROUGH THESE FOUR SPIRITS? 19
20. 12. ON THE GENERA OF MEDICINES AND THEIR NAMES 20
21. 13. WHAT IS MERCURY AND WHAT IS ITS ORIGIN? 21
22. 14. WHAT IS SULPHUR, ITS PROPERTIES, AND ITS OCCURRENCE? 22
23. 15. WHAT IS AURIPIGMENTUM AND WHAT IS ITS ORIGIN? 24
24. 16. WHAT IS ARSENICUM? 25
25. 17. SAL AMMONIAC IS TWOFOLD 25
26. 18. OF WHAT USE IS COMMON SALT AND HOW IS IT PREPARED? 27
27. 19. THE WATER OF ANY SALT [YOU PLEASE] 28
28. 20. WHAT IS THE USE OF SAL ALKALI, AND HOW IS IT PREPARED? 29
29. 21. HOW IS ALUM WHITENED AND DISSOLVED IN WATER? 31
30. 22. HOW CAN ATRAMENTUM BE REDDENED AND DISSOLVED IN WATER? 32
31. 23. HOW TARTAR IS PREPARED SO THAT THE OIL FROM IT CAN DISSOLVE CALXES 33
32. 24. HOW IS GREEN COPPER MADE AND REDDENED AND ABOVE ALL OF WHAT USE IS IT FOR THIS ART? 34
33. 25. HOW AND FROM WHAT IS CINNABAR MADE? 35
34. 26. HOW AND FROM WHAT IS AZURIUM MADE? 37
35. 27. HOW AND FROM WHAT IS CERUSSA MADE? 38
36. 28. HOW IS MINIUM MADE FROM CERUSSA? 39
37. 29. HOW IS MINIUM MADE FROM LEAD ASHES? 39
38. 30. WHAT IS SUBLIMATION AND IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN IT BE DONE? 40
39. 31. WHAT IS CALCINATION AND IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN IT BE DONE? 42
40. 32. WHAT IS COAGULATION AND WHY IS IT USED? 43
41. 33. WHAT IS FIXATION AND IN HOW MANY WAYS ARE BODIES FIXED? 44
42. 34. WHAT IS SOLUTION AND IN HOW MANY WAYS IS IT DONE? 45
43. 35. WHAT IS DISTILLATION AND HOW IS IT DONE? 46
44. 36. WHAT IS CERATION AND HOW IS IT DONE? 47
45. 37. HOW IS MERCURY PREPARED AND WHITENED LIKE SNOW? 48
46. 38. HOW IS SULPHUR DISSOLVED, WHITENED, AND FIXED? 51
47. 39. HOW IS AURIPIGMENTUM WHITENED? 52
48. 40. HOW IS ARSENICUM WHITENED? 52
49. 41. HOW IS SAL AMMONIAC PREPARED? 53
50. 42. FROM WHAT SUBSTANCES IS FIRE MADE? 54
51. 43. ON THE FIXATION OF SPIRITS, AN ADDED CHAPTER 55
52. 44. THE REVELATION AND TEACHING OF THE SECRETS OF THIS ART BEGIN HERE 58
53. 45. THE FIXATION OF POWDERS, SO THAT THEY CAN MIX WITH BODIES, IS TAUGHT HERE 59
54. 46. HOW ARE SPIRITS DISSOLVED IN WATER BY ONE METHOD? 60
55. 47. HOW ARE SPIRITS MADE INTO A RED LIQUID? 63
56. 48. HOW CAN WATER BE DISTILLED IN A TWOFOLD MANNER? 63
57. 49. ON THE DISTILLATION OF OIL 65
58. 50. ON THE COAGULATION OF ALL SOLUTIONS 65
59. 51. HOW CAN GOLD AND SILVER BE CALCINED? 65
60. 52. ON THE CUCURBITE 66
61. 53. HOW CAN OTHER METALS BE CALCINED? 66
62. 54. HOW ARE COPPER PLATES CALCINED? 69
63. 55. HOW IS THE CALX OF BODIES REDUCED TO A MASS? SEE ALSO IN GEBER'S LIBER FORNACUM 70
64. 56. HERE BEGINS THE FIRST OF THE OPERATIONS 71
65. 57. HOW CAN GOLD AND SILVER BE OBTAINED ACCORDING TO ALL THE ABOVE? 72
66. BIBLIOGRAPHY 75