Part 43

Alkermes, Arabic derivation, 103

Al-Koh’l, 326

Alkool, ii, 280

Allicola, 360

All-flower-water, ii, 8

Almond tree, Biblical reference, 75

Alœdarium, ii, 280

Aloes, as pigment, 95; tincture, ii, 37; elixir, ii, 57; notes on, ii, 86; picture of, ii, 87; ii, 88; books on, ii, 88; decoction, ii, 176

Aloes wood, Biblical references, 63

Alquimesci oil, 110

Aludels, ii, 280

Aluka, 70

Alum, early uses, 331; first factories, 332; discovered in Yorkshire, 333; composition investigated, 333; symbol, ii, 309

Aluminium, first made, 333

Amalgam, ii, 280

Amalgama Jovis, 425

Amaranth, meaning of, 22

Ambix, 328

Ambrosia, identity of, 22

Ambrosial elixir, 26

Amen, 6

Ammon, 6

Ammonia, made from bones, 263; history, 334; etymology, 334; composition, 337

Ammoniacum, etymology, 334

Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, origin of, ii, 153

Ammonium acetate solution, 132

Amphide salts, 326

Amphora, ii, 280