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Alchemical symbols before Lavoisier. Alchemical symbols were used to denote chemical elements and compounds, as well as alchemical apparatus and processes, until the 18th century. Although notation was partly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists. Lüdy-Tenger [ 1] published an inventory of 3,695 symbols and variants, and ...
Rouge/ crocus / colcothar – ferric oxide, formed by burning green vitriol in air. Stibnite – antimony or antimony trisulfide, ore of antimony. Turpeth mineral – hydrolysed form of mercury (II) sulfate. Verdigris – Carbonate of Copper or (more recently) copper (II) acetate. The carbonate is formed by weathering copper.
Alchemical Symbols is a Unicode block containing symbols for chemicals and substances used in ancient and medieval alchemy texts. Many of the symbols are duplicates or redundant with previous characters. [ 3] Few fonts support more than a few characters in this block as of 2021. One that does and is free for personal use is Symbola 14.0.
Salammoniac, [ 2] also sal ammoniac or salmiac, is a rare naturally occurring mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH 4 Cl. It forms colorless, white, or yellow-brown crystals in the isometric-hexoctahedral class. It has very poor cleavage and is brittle to conchoidal fracture.
Septenary of the seven metals and Classical planets in Western alchemy. Lead • tin • copper • iron • mercury • silver • gold. Saturn • Jupiter • Venus • Mars • Mercury • Moon • Sun. Tria Prima (three primes) Salt • mercury • sulfur. Body • soul • spirit. Unity of opposites or coincidentia oppositorum. Hieros Gamos.
KPNX. The Arizona father who was arrested last week and charged with murder after his 2-year-old daughter died in a hot car had been distracted by video games and "regularly" left his kids alone ...
In alchemy and philosophy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter (for a philosophical exposition refer to: Prime Matter ), is the ubiquitous starting material required for the alchemical magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher's stone. It is the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence or aether.
Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.