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Summary
Author |
Ulstadius, Philippus
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Description |
English:
Detail from
Coelum philosophorum, seu De secretis naturae liber / Philippo Ulstadio Patricio nierebergensi authore
by
Philippus Ulstadius
. Argentorati : Arte et impensa Joannis Grienynger, 1528.
To distill alcohol—called “the fifth essence”—from wine, Ulstad called for a
balneum Mariae
, or Mary’s bath, named after the ancient alchemist
Mary the Jewess
. A flask of wine is placed in a hot-water bath. Above, a jacket of cool water surrounds the alembic (condenser). To this day a double boiler is known as a bain-marie in French, a bagno maria in Italian, and a baño maría in Spanish.
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Date |
1528
date QS:P571,+1528-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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Accession number |
QD25 .U578 1528
, Library collections,
Science History Institute
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