The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 195 



after sunrise, and of saltpetre ; pulverize 

 finely, mix well, place over a gentle fire, 

 bake dexterously (and the method of 

 this baking is the key of the whole 

 work). There will remain a blackish 

 substance. Out of this prepare glass, 

 which pound, extract its red Tincture 

 with strong distilled vinegar (made of the 

 same ore), and remove the vinegar by 

 distillation in the bath. There remains 

 a powder from which you should make a 

 second extract with highly rectified spirit 

 of wine. ' Let the faeces settle. You 

 have then a beautiful, sweet, red extract 

 of great medicinal value. This is the 

 pure Sulphur pf^Antimony. If you have 

 two pounds of this extract, take four 

 ounces of salt of Antimony (of which 

 I have given the receipt). Pour over 

 these the extract, circulate for at least a 

 month in a well-closed vessel, when the 

 salt will unite with the extract of sul- 

 phur ; remove sediment, if any, extract 



* Take care at this point not to scorch the pinions of 

 your bird, which is already winging its flight above the 

 hills. 



