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Purification (alchemy) The sign for purification, or "purificatio", combines the symbols for 'water' (squiggly lines) and 'vessal' (bowl shape). | |
Winter (alchemy) The alchemical sign for winter. | |
Metal (alchemy) A general alchemical sign indicating metal. | |
Decoction (alchemy) An old alchemical sign for decoction. | |
Summer (alchemy) One of the time signs used by alchemists, this one representing summer. | |
Hydrochloric acid (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for hydrochloric acid. | |
Phosphorus (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for phosphorus. | |
Ferrohydrosulphate (alchemy) This rather tongue-twisting moniker indicates a combination of iron and sulphur. | |
Steel (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for steel. | |
Ferrum sulphuratum (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for ferrum sulphuratum, a compound of iron and sulphur. | |
Cuprum arsenicatum (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for Cuprum arsenicatum, a compound of copper and arsenic. | |
Salt (alchemy) One of several alchemical signs for sodium chloride (i.e. salt). | |
Wood (alchemy) An alchemical symbol representing wood. | |
Day (alchemy) While this symbol can have different meanings in different fields, in the alchemical traditions of the Middle Ages it was used as a "time sign" to indicate day. | |
Nitric acid (alchemy) An alchemical symbol for nitric acid. | |
Horse dung (alchemy) A symbol used by alchemists to represent horse dung. | |
Arsenic acid (alchemy) The alchemical and early chemical symbol for arsenic acid, or acidum arsenici. | |
Process (alchemy) When it comes to this symbol, the word "process" can imply a number of different things. | |
Year (alchemy) One of several alchemical "time signs" used to indicate the period of a year. | |
Molten gold (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for something known as "aurum cum caloric", possibly molten gold. | |
Antimony oxide (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for antimony oxide. | |
Aurum musivum (alchemy) This alchemical substance, also known as stannum sulphuratum, is a compound of tin and sulphur. | |
Ammonia (alchemy) A symbol used in 18th century chemistry to indicate ammonia. | |
24 hours (alchemy) Combining the discipline's own symbols for day and night, this alchemical time sign represents a period of 24 hours. | |
Cement (alchemy) A symbol from 17th century chemistry indicating cement or putty. |