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The Mirror of Alchimy

by Roger Bacon

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2The Preface
  3. 3The Mirrour of Alchimy — Chap. I — Of the Definitions of Alchimy
  4. 4Chap. II — Of the Naturall Principles, and Procreation of Minerals
  5. 5Chap. III — Out of What Things the Matter of Elixir Must Be More Ne…
  6. 6Chap — IIII. — Of the Maner of Working, and of Moderating, and Cont…
  7. 7Chap. V — Of the Qualitie of the Vessell and Furnace
  8. 8Chap. VI — Of the Accidentall and Essentiall Colours Appearing in t…
  9. 9Chap. VII — How to Make Proiection of the Medicine Vpon Any Imperfe…
  10. 10The Smaragdine Table of Hermes, Trismegistus of Alchimy
  11. 11A Briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher, Vpon the Smarag…
  12. 12Chap. I — That the Art of Alchimy Is True and Certaine
  13. 13Chap. II — That the Stone Must Be Diuided Into Two Parts
  14. 14Chap. III — That the Stone Hath in It the Foure Elements
  15. 15Chap — IIII. — That the Stone Hath Father and Mother, to Wit, the S…
  16. 16Chap. V — That the Coniunction of the Parts of the Stone Is Called…
  17. 17Chap. VI — That the Stone Is Perfect, If the Soule Be Fixt in the B…
  18. 18Chap. VII — Of the Mundification and Cleansing of the Stone
  19. 19Chap. VIII — That the Vnfixed Part of the Stone Should Exceed the F…
  20. 20Chap. IX — How the Volatile Stone May Againe Be Fixed
  21. 21Chap. X — Of the Fruit of the Art, and Efficacie of the Stone
  22. 22Chap. XI — That This Worke Imitateth the Creation of the Worlde
  23. 23Chap. XII — An Enigmaticall Insinuation What the Matter of the Ston…
  24. 24Chap. XIII — Why the Stone Is Said to Be Perfect
  25. 25The Booke of the Secrets
  26. 26Chap. I — Of the Foure Masteries, or Principall Works of the Art, t…
  27. 27Chap. II — Of the Things and Instruments Necessarie and Fit for Thi…
  28. 28Chap. III — Of the Nature of Things Appertaining to This Worke
  29. 29Chap — IIII. — Of Decoction, and the Effect Thereof
  30. 30Chap. V — Of Subtiliation, Solution, Coagulation, and Commistion of…
  31. 31Chap. VI — The Manner How to Fixe the Spirit
  32. 32Chap. VII — Of the Decoction, Contrition, and Washing of the Stone
  33. 33Chap. VIII — Of the Quantitie of the Fire, and of the Commoditie an…
  34. 34Chap. IX — Of the Separation of the Elements of the Stone
  35. 35Chap. X — Of the Nature of the Stone, and His Birth
  36. 36Chap. XI — Of the Commistion of the Elements That Were Seperated
  37. 37Chap. XII — Of the Solution of the Stone Compounded
  38. 38Chap. XIII — Of the Coagulation of the Stone Dissolued
  39. 39Chap — Xiiii. — That There Is but One Stone, and of His Nature
  40. 40Chap. XV — The Maner How to Make the Stone White
  41. 41Chap. XVI — The Conuersion of the Foresaid Stone Into Red
  42. 42An Excellent Discourse

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