A description of new philosophical furnaces, or, A new art of distilling, divided into five parts : whereunto is added a description of the Tincture of gold or The true aurum potabile : also the first part of the mineral work, set forth and published for the sakes of them that are studious of the truth
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Type of record: Book
Title: A description of new philosophical furnaces, or, A new art of distilling, divided into five parts : whereunto is added a description of the Tincture of gold or The true aurum potabile : also the first part of the mineral work, set forth and published for the sakes of them that are studious of the truth
Other titles: Furni novi philosophici
Classmark: Early Science 2 1651/GLA
Creator(s): Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604-1670)
Additional creator(s): French, John (1616-1657) (Other)
Related people: French, John
Publisher: Printed by Richard Coats for Tho: Williams
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1651
Language: English
Size and medium: [16], 452, [12] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/240276
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013415979705181
Description
Each part has special title page dated 1652.
"Of the tincture of gold, or the true aurum potabile" and "Of the minerall work, the first part" have separate title pages dated 1652.
Translated by John French.
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