XIV. THE MODERN FORM OF THE ALCHEMICAL QUEST OF THE ONE THING

INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY (Frontispiece) 1. THE MORTIFICATION OF METALS PRESENTED BY THE IMAGE OF A KING DEVOURING HIS SON 2 and 3. THE MORTIFICATION OF METALS PRESENTED BY IMAGES OF DEATH AND BURIAL 4 and 5. TWO MUST BE CONJOINED TO PRODUCE ONE 6. HERMETICALLY SEALING THE NECK OF A GLASS VESSEL 7. SEALING BY MEANS OF A MERCURY TRAP 8. AN ALCHEMICAL COMMON COLD STILL 9. A _BALNEUM MARIÆ_ 10. ALCHEMICAL DISTILLING APPARATUS 11. A PELICAN 12. AN ALCHEMIST WITH A RETORT 13. AN ALCHEMIST PREPARING OIL OF VITRIOL 14. ALCHEMICAL APPARATUS FOR RECTIFYING SPIRITS 15. PURIFYING GOLD PRESENTED BY THE IMAGE OF A SALAMANDER IN THE FIRE 16. PRIESTLEY'S APPARATUS FOR WORKING WITH GASES 17. APPARATUS USED BY LAVOISIER IN HIS EXPERIMENTS ON BURNING MERCURY IN AIR