148 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



the red precipitate, place on a smooth, 

 clean stone in a humid cave ; leave it 

 there six months, till the precipitate 

 resolves itself into a pure red liquid, and 

 a sediment is separated from it, i.e., the 

 salt of Antimony only is dissolved. Fil- 

 ter the liquid, place in cucurbit, extract 

 phlegm, place again in the cave, and it 

 will crystallize beautifully ; separate from 

 the phlegm ; the crystals are pellucid, 

 mixed with red colour. When they are 

 again purified, they become white.* Dry 

 this Salt of Antimony, mix with it three 

 parts of Venetian earth (called tripel), 

 and distil over strong fire. There will 

 be sublimed first a white and then a red 

 spirit, which also becomes white. Rectify 

 gently in a dry bath, and you have 

 another white oil distilled from Anti- 

 mony, but it is by no means so good as 

 the former salt made of the red Tincture. 

 This spirit, or salt, distilled after a 

 spiritual manner, is useful in quartan 



* '' Like to like" is a Greek proverb, and certainly this 

 salt is more effectual in making extracts from Antimony than 

 even from other metals. 



