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Ǧābir Ibn-Ḥaiyān · 1545

In the third part, on the proofs of perfection, these things are contained.
LXXXVII. Division of what is to be said. 150
LXXXVIII. On the cupel a small porous vessel used in refining, why some bodies endure in it, and some do not. 151
LXXXIX. How the examination of the cupel should be exercised. 152
XC. On the cement a substance used to purify metals by fire, why some bodies endure it more, and others less. 153
XCI. How the examination of the cement is to be composed and exercised. 155
XCII. On ignition. 156
XCIII. On fusion. 157
XCIIII. On exposure to the vapors of sharp substances. 158
XCV. On the extinction of ignited substances. 159
XCVI. On the admixture of burning sulphur. 160
XCVII. On calcination and reduction. 162
XCVIII. On the easy reception of quicksilver. ibid
XCIX. Recapitulation of the whole art. 163
C. What method the author followed in teaching the art. 164
OF THOSE THINGS WHICH
I. On the six properties of things from which medicine is elicited. 165
II. On the seven properties of medicine. 166
III. Division of the whole book into four parts. 167
IIII. First part, on the preparations of mineral intermediates. 168
V. A brief preface to the second part, on the purification of spirits. 171
VI. On the preparation of sulphur. ibid
VII. On the preparation of arsenic. 172
VIII. On the preparation of quicksilver. 173
IX. On the preparation of marcasite. ibid
X. On the preparation of tutty. ibid
XI. A brief preface to the third part, on the preparation of bodies. 174
XII. On the preparation of Saturn lead. ibid
XIII. On the preparation of Jupiter tin. ibid
XIIII. On the preparation of Mars iron. 176
XV. On the preparation of Venus copper. ibid
XVI. A brief preface to the fourth part, on medicines. 177
XVII. On white medicines for Jupiter and Saturn. ibid
XVIII. On solar medicines for Jupiter and Saturn. 178
XIX. On white medicines for Venus and Mars. 179
XX. On red medicines for Venus and Mars. 180
XXI. On the medicine of the third order for the white. ibid
XXII. On the solar medicine of the third order. 181
XXIII. On waters of solution, and other incerations making substances wax-like.