"The mine of our mercury is our saltpetre not that of the vulgar.
Our sharp bitter vitriol is not that of the vulgar
Our ammoniac is not that of the vulgar."
is this not saying the extracting of the parts in our \"philosophical dew\" may result in the same ingredients as found in nature, but is not vulgar like in nature? By the way, the first picture is no longer loading for me. anyone else?
"Two to more than three parts of our mercury dissolve one part of the common moon or sun, and they become inseparably one spongeous porous body, which is called our moon or sun, not the common.
The moon through mercury of five eagles.
The Sun through mercury of seven eagles."
So maybe here we could take at least 2 parts More of our completed \"philosophical dew\" (however this is done), to one part gold or silver to make it dissolve. the fix it to a less volatile state (however this is done). I assume the next part is about distilling for 5 times with silver. or 7 with gold. this could also mean to distill it 5-7 times in order to fix it to "one spongeous porous body."
one thing common with all the pictures from there on out seem to be the glass is always sealed (or something else is meant, but either way its in most of the pictures). Meaning, to me, that this must be done with low enough pressure to not break the glass. Lower heat. Or larger glass, less material?