xxxii. The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



Valentine has not registered some valu- 

 able facts." 



Concerning the subject matter of 

 the "Triumphal Chariot" it will be seen 

 by the general reader, who has an 

 elementary acquaintance with the proper- 

 ties of Antimony, that the account of 

 Basil Valentine is correct, not only as to 

 general characteristics, but in many 

 points of detail. As to the value of the 

 metal as a factor in the act of transmuta- 

 tion, the modern chemist is not in a 

 position to adjudicate, nor have we as 

 yet a canon of interpretation by which 

 we can distinguish the true meaning 

 of the adept. 



The method of the translation which 

 follows is literal as regards all that is of 

 practical importance ; for the rest, while 

 it is by no means, and in no sense, an 

 abridgment, it makes for brevity by 

 the skilful compression of a prolix 

 and tautological original. The trans- 

 lation has been subjected to revision at 

 the hands of the editor, and the general 

 plan, it is believed, will commend itself 



