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Ibn Umayl had important influence on medieval Western (Latin) alchemy, [22] where his work is found under different names, mainly as Senior or as Zadith. [23] His "Silvery Water" e.g. was reprinted as "The Chemical Tables of Senior Zadith" in the collection of alchemical texts: Theatrum Chemicum , and commented upon by Pseudo Aquinas in Aurora ...
Category for articles related to tools used in alchemy. Pages in category "Alchemical tools" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the medicines they cooked up in their labs ‘secrets’. And now, thanks to ...
Picture of an alembic from a medieval manuscript. An alembic (from Arabic: الإنبيق, romanized: al-inbīq, originating from Ancient Greek: ἄμβιξ, romanized: ambix, 'cup, beaker') [1] [2] [3] is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distillation of liquids.
Alchemy (from the Arabic word al-kīmīā, الكیمیاء) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. [1]
Pages in category "Alchemy and chemistry in the medieval Islamic world" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bust depicting Zosimos, 3rd century Distillation equipment of Zosimos, from the 15th century Byzantine Greek manuscript Codex Parisinus 2327. [1]Zosimos of Panopolis (Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic.
An aludel (Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺛﻞ al-ūṯal from Greek αἰθαλίων aithaliōn, 'smoky, sooty, burnt-colored') [1] [2] is a subliming pot used in alchemy. The term refers to a range of earthen tubes, or pots without bottoms, fitted one over another, and diminishing as they advance towards the top.