SECTION II. 



CHEMISTRY. 



*I. FIVE PARCELS CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTS FROM VARIOUS ALCHEMICAL 

 AUTHORS IN NEWTON'S HANDWRITING, WITH NOTES AND ABSTRACTS. 



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1. Notes out of Philalethes. 



2. On Ripley's Vision; 'Sir G. Ripley his letter to K. Ed. IV. 

 unfolded.' 



3. 3 tracts. De metallorum metamorphosi, Brevis manductio ad 

 rubinum cselestem, Fons Chemicse Philosophise. 



4. Extracts from Raymond Lully. 



5. an author unnamed. 



6. various authors. 



7. "Artephius, his secret book." 



8. Basil Valentine; on the minerals of Hungary, Carinthia &c., 

 and the conditions of their formation, and on the transmutation of 

 metals and the separation of the three principles, and of vitriol. 



Jodochus a Rehe; Processes for preparing the Philosopher's / 

 stone from MSS. in possession of Dr Twysden. Copies of 4 letters * 

 from Faber to Dr Twysden, 1673 4, recounting success of ex- 

 periments in preparing spirits of mercury. 



Notes on Faber's work. 



9. Hermes. Tabula smaragdina et commentarium. 



10. The same in English. 



11. "The Epitome of the treasure of health written by Edvardus 

 generosus Anglicus innominatus, who lived A. D. 1562." 



12. Hadrian Mynsicht. Aureum seculum redivivum. Testa- 

 mentum de philosophorum lapide. Both in hexameters. 



