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  stibnite, 201, 203

  still, 39

  still pot, 39, 40, 89–91

  Stirk, George, 284

  stomach acid, 227

  Stombach, Heinrich, 148

  stone, philosophers’. See philosophers’ stone

  Stone of the Philosophers (Kelly), 175

  Strasbourg, 124–25

  Stupor mundi, 61

  sublimation, 52, 75, 78, 97, 98, 111, 252

  sublime, 52, 132, 220, 254

  submarine, 239, 248, 250–51

  subtle, 41, 95, 100

  sulfur, 21, 23, 41, 44–49, 50–52, 56, 70, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 96, 98, 102–103, 109, 128, 181, 203

  sulfur, philosophical. See philosophical sulfur

  sulfuric acid. See acid, sulfuric

  sulfur/mercury. See mercury/sulfur

  sulfur of gold, 41

  sulfur oxides, 230

  sulfur water. See divine water

  Summa perfectionis (Geber), 72, 77

  surface, heat-resistant, 22, 38, 51, 66, 104, 105, 153, 180, 181, 206, 254

  Switzerland, 124, 197

  synthetic, animals, 44

  synthetic, humans, 44

  synthetic, minerals, 44

  synthetic, plants, 44

  syphilis, 15, 126, 130, 156, 275

  Syrian, 198

  table salt. See salt, sodium chloride

  Tachenius, Otto, 191

  Talbot, Edward, 170

  taper, 223–24, 234, 319

  Taranto, Paul of. See Paul of Taranto

  tarnish, 80, 182, 290

  teleportation, 52

  test kit, chlorine. See test strip, salt or salinity

  test strip, salt or salinity, 40, 319

  test tubes, 133, 317

  textbook, 161

  Theorica et practica (Paul of Taranto), 70

  Thessalonians, 83

  Thirty Years’ War, 124, 131, 240, 250, 258–59, 271, 273–74, 307

  Tholde, Johann, 199–200, 260

  Thorndike, Lynn, 87, 128

  Thurneysser, Leonard, 197–98

  tin, 44, 49, 50, 51, 65, 66, 75, 86, 93, 102–105, 114, 137, 153, 182–85, 205–206, 229, 274, 299, 300

  tin, cry, 51, 205

  toads, 96, 168, 227

  tobacco, 239

  Toledo, 62

  touchstone, 291

  Tower of Babel or the Judgment of the Brotherhood of Rose Cross Chaos (Andreae), 260

  toxin, 15, 272, 283

  trade secrets, 107–108, 204

  transmutation, 15, 17, 25, 27, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45–48, 52, 70, 74, 139, 141, 147, 150, 164–66, 169–70, 175, 181–82, 191, 198, 211–12, 214–15, 230, 239, 246, 250, 264, 275, 280, 284, 286, 289, 297, 300–302, 307, 308, 310, 311

  transmutation, iron to copper, 165

  tree, golden, 15, 134, 145, 279–80

  tree, willow. See willow tree

  Tree of Diana, 132–35, 166, 311

  tree of gold, 275, 278

  tria prima, 128

  tribes of salts. See salt, tribes

  Trismegistus, Hermes, 41, 94, 96, 253, 258–59, 332, 341, 345

  Triumphal Chariot of Antimony (Valentine), 200–201

  Trivisan, Bernard, 88, 98, 100, 181

  Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walter von, 309–10

  tubing, 39, 40, 90–92, 321

  Tuchman, Barbara, 57, 87

  Turkey, 132, 245

  Twelve Keys, The (Valentine), 197, 201–202, 204

  university, 58, 88, 90, 157, 162, 215

  urine, 78, 100, 219, 220, 222

  Uzbekistan, 46

  Valentine, Basil, 197, 199–209, 226, 253, 259, 260

  van Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius, 228, 231–32, 249

  van Helmont, Johannes, 225–35, 253, 257, 261, 264, 275, 286–87, 297–99, 311

  van Nieuwenburg, C. J., 101

  van Ranst, Margaret, 227

  vapor, 32, 67, 89, 90, 92, 116, 167, 201, 220, 230, 234, 254, 279, 317

  Venice, 112, 153, 281

  ventilation, 22, 37, 105, 223, 316

  Venus, 75

  verdigris, 64, 67, 154, 179, 267–68

  vermicide, 283

  vernacular, 71, 97, 107, 111, 612

  Vienna, 211, 215

  Vigenère, Blaise de, 217, 224

  Villanova, Arnald of, 71

  vinegar, 37, 67, 78, 79, 96, 97, 120–21, 134, 156, 167–68, 178–81, 207, 208, 221, 228, 230, 234, 253–54, 261, 274, 304–305, 321, 324

  viper wine, 246

  Virgil, 62

  vital air, 246

  vitamin, 147, 194, 304

  vitriol, 96, 116, 142, 151, 179, 247, 292–93, 324

  volatilization, 32, 39, 220, 252–53

  gold (see gold, volatilization of)

  von Guericke, Otto, 296

  von Hohenheim, Theophrastus. See Paracelsus

  von Oettingen, Carl (count), 150

  vulgar, 96, 216, 241, 298, 301

  watch glass, 38, 52, 117–19, 152, 192, 207, 318, 323

  waters of hydration, 152

  weapons salve, 125–26, 245

  weight, 93, 227–30, 257, 286, 300

  white gold. See gold, white

  whitening a metal, 104

  willow tree, 229

  wine, 85–87, 90, 93, 126, 128, 146, 187, 201–202, 214, 246, 253, 273, 275

  Winthrop, John, the elder, 281

  Winthrop, John, the younger, 280–85, 291–92, 311

  wire, 38, 67, 117–19, 133–34, 292–93, 318

  witch, 53, 84, 142, 155, 162, 264, 283–85, 289, 292

  witchcraft, 142, 155, 162, 264, 283

  women healer. See healer, women

  Woolley, Benjamin, 172

  workshop, 22, 30, 31, 35, 146, 186, 190, 204

  worm, 75, 86, 114, 227, 263, 283

  Worm, Ole, 260

  writing, invisible, 114, 117, 120

  Yale College, 284

  Zachaire, Denis, 100

  Zieglerin, Anna Maria, 16, 147–51, 153, 154, 158, 168, 193

  zinc, 38, 75, 179–81, 319

  zinc oxide, 179

  Zosimos, 16, 27, 29, 31–35, 37, 39, 41, 44, 46, 79, 153, 218, 258, 274

  CATHY COBB is the author of Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks and the coauthor of The Joy of Chemistry (with Monty L. Fetterolf), Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth (with Monty L. Fetterolf and Jack G. Goldsmith), and Creations of Fire (with Harold Goldwhite). She is an instructor of chemistry, physics, and calculus at Mead Hall School in Aiken, South Carolina.

  MONTY L. FETTEROLF is the coauthor of The Joy of Chemistry (with Cathy Cobb) and Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth (with Cathy Cobb and Jack G. Goldsmith). He is a professor of chemistry and the department chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at the University of South Carolina at Aiken.

  HAROLD GOLDWHITE, emeritus professor of chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles, is the author of eight textbooks on chemistry and the coauthor of Creations of Fire (with Cathy Cobb).

  Cobb and Fetterolf photos © Scott Webster, Webster Photography.

  Goldwhite photo by Harold Goldwhite.