pipes, the fats, the acids, the salts and the alkalies, the poisons—all those are to be collected and chemical operations begun."
Dola Yantram
As r. r. s.[1] borrows the description of this apparatus verbatim, it is unnecessary to repeat it here.[2]
An Apparatus for Killing Metals
"Make two iron crucibles each 12 digits in length, the one with a narrow, orifice containing sulphur is inserted into the other holding mercury; below the mercury is placed water [in a separate vessel]. The mercury and the sulphur should be carefully moistened in garlic juice, which has been filtered through a cloth. The apparatus is now lodged in an earthen pot and another placed over it, the rims being luted with cloth previously smeared with earth * * now cow-dung fire is urged. After continuing heating for three days
