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Frankenberg, Abraham von, 1593-1652; Rebentrost, David, 1614-1703; Keiling, Georg, ca. 17. Jh. · 1718

daily. When the time of the first impregnation has thus passed and occurred, one needs no more than the following process, through which all the extensive mixture of salts can be avoided and the goal nevertheless achieved. Namely (& this secret is the best), one takes good pure ashes from grapevine wood. Lye this with warm 🜄 water in the usual manner. Let it coagulate somewhat to a thickness so that it becomes almost like an oil. The 🜄 water, however, that is useful for this purpose, must have stood for 24 hours over quicklime from Lüneburg and have drawn the fire-nature from it. Afterward, it is first poured over the vine ash, and the 🜔 salt/potash is extracted. With this extracted Salinischen saline and oily liquore liquid, the materia imprægnata impregnated substance is then poured over or moistened for about four weeks, rubbed well in an ash, dried in the air, then moistened again, rubbed well, and dried as before, until the four weeks have passed. Then take the materiam substance, put it on the known mill dry, but moisten it with a Vin. Acet. destilato curato cum Sale 🜹io distilled wine vinegar purified with common salt, and rub it for one or two hours. Thus the materia will give off the ♃ Jupiter/tin. If it is not yet so, then proceed further as set forth, and attempt it again on the mill. Thus, finally, the ☿ currens running mercury will be expressed.
3. Then take the very best and purest calcined ♀ri crudi raw copper, which has been calcined to a beautiful blue, and pure Salis Armoniaci sal ammoniac in equal parts, rub or