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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Art</strong> page 10<br />

Definitions and Properties of this Mercury 73<br />

Of the Vase of <strong>Art</strong> and That of Nature 75<br />

Names given to This Vase by the Ancients 76<br />

Of Fire in General 78<br />

Of Philosophical Fire 79<br />

Operative Principles 80<br />

Operation Principles in Particular 83<br />

Calcination 83<br />

Solution 83<br />

Putrefaction 83<br />

Fermentation 84<br />

Demonstrative Signs or Principles 85<br />

Of the Elixir 89<br />

Operation of the Elixir according to d’Espagnet 91<br />

Quintessence 91<br />

<strong>The</strong> Tincture 91<br />

<strong>The</strong> Multiplication 92<br />

Of the Weights in the Work 93<br />

Very instructive General Rules 94<br />

Of the Virtue of the Medicine 97<br />

Of the Maladies of the Metals 98<br />

Of the times of the Stone 100<br />

Conclusion 100<br />

ADDENDA. 102<br />

Dictionary of Hermetic Symbols 102<br />

Alchemical Characters. 105<br />

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