Ancient name for antimony3/15/2023 Lunar caustic, sticks of silver nitrate used in surgery 'luna' was an old alchemical term for silver Sal ammoniac ( ammonium chloride)- because it was made from camel dung from the Temple of Jupiter Ammon in Egypt.īismuth glance ( bismuth sulphide)- a glance was apparently a shiny substanceĪcqua regia 'kingly water', a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids, which could dissolve gold 'Antimony' then referred to kohl ( antimony trisulphide), regulus of antimony thus referred to the pure metal isolated from kohl- what we now call antimony. Regulus of antimony- A regulus ('little king') was the heavy substance that sank to the bottom of your crucible. It's denser than regular air, so it settles to the bottom of your container and doesn't mix with other gases. Narcotic salt of vitriol ( boric acid)- made from (green) vitriol, another name for iron sulphate, not to be confused with blue vitriol, or copper sulphate.įixed air ( carbon dioxide) it got that name because There was also salt of hartshorn (smelling salts) Spirit of hartshorn ( acqueous ammonia)- a perfectly straightforward name it was distilled from harts' horns! The same substance derived from another and less attractive process was called volatile salt of urine. "Flower" means "flour" here the words are etymologically the same. Spirit of salt ( hydrochloric acid)- because it was made from saltīutter of antimony ( antimony trichloride)- because of its waxy qualityįlower of zinc ( zinc oxide)- found as a deposit in zinc chimneys. The green lion ( iron sulphate)- a typical term from alchemy, which was never concerned to make its recipes and references too clear I've been doing some research into chemical and alchemical names lately, in order to name the elements in Verdurian, and I've found the old names (those used before Lavoisier's reform of the nomenclature) curiously charming. The Names of Alchemy The Names of Alchemy
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