176 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



finely, add to it, after ascertaining its 

 weight, three times as much burnt tartar ; 

 melt, and pour into basin as before. Re- 

 peat a third time, and the Regulus 

 becomes highly refined and brilliant. If 

 you have performed the fusion properly 

 which is the point of greatest impor- 

 tance you will have a beautiful star of a 

 a brilliant white. 1 * The Star is as 

 distinct as if a draughtsman had traced 

 it with a pair of compasses. 



This star with salt armoniac is re- 

 duced to a red sublimate, for the tincture 

 of iron ascends. This sublimate may 

 be dissolved into a liquid of highly 

 surgical utility, f 



This Regulus, or Star, may be very 

 often carried through the fire with a 

 stone serpent, till at length it consumes 

 itself, and is completely joined to the 



* In the third fusion of the Regulus the fire should be 

 most intense, so as to remove any remaining impurity. 



t The said sublimate, before being placed in a cave for 

 dissolution, should be purged of its salt armoniac with 

 distilled water. For want of such trifling hints much 

 labour and expense may often be vainly incurred. 



