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"Archaic Chemical Names and Modern Equivalents" by Baron Ibrahim ibn Abih al Thaalibi, OP, OL.
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To: EKMetalsmiths at yahoogroups.com
Subj: Archaic Chemicals
Posted by: "Ron Charlotte" ronch2 at bellsouth.net al_thaalibi
Date: Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:30 pm (PST)
The following is an article I compiled a couple of years ago. The
discussion on researching chemically treating lapidary materials made
me remember it:
Archaic Chemical Names and Modern Equivalents
Baron Ibrahim ibn Abih al Thaalibi, OP, OL MKA Ron Charlotte
The following list is not exhaustive by any means, but it's a pretty
good representation of some of the chemical and compounds that might
be found in historical artist and craftsman formulas and recipes.
There are several instances when the same chemical or compound is
called by multiple names; this is because chemistry has only become
truly standardized in the last century or so.
Alabaster-Calcium sulphate
Anhydrite-Anhydrous calcium sulphate
Aqua Metallorum-Mercury
Aqua Vitae-Unrectified alcohol; sometimes refers to unflavored brandy.
Baking soda-Sodium bicarbonate
Baryta-Barium oxide
Bleach-Sodium hypochlorite
Bleaching powder-Calcium hypochlorite
Blue vitriol-Copper sulphate
Boracic acid-Boric acid
Borax-Sodium tetraborate
Brimstone-sulphur
Calamine-Zinc carbonate
Caliche -sodium nitrate
Calomel-Mercuric chloride
Caustic Potash-Potassium hydroxide
Caustic soda-Sodium hydroxide
Chile saltpeter-Sodium Nitrate/ Sodium Nitrite
Chloride of iron-Ferric chloride
Condy's crystals-Potassium permanganate
Copperas-Ferrous sulphate
Cream of tartar-Potassium hydrogen tartrate
Dragon's Blood-Tincture of Antimony
Dragon's Blood II-Sap of draconea draco
Drikold-Solid carbon dioxide
Epsom salts-Magnesium sulphate
Flowers of sulphur-Sulphur in powder form
Fuller's earth-Non plastic clay
Glauber's salt-Sodium sulphate
Gypsum-Calcium Sulphate
Horn silver-Silver chloride
Hypo, photographic-Sodium thiosulphate
Ivory black-Carbon (from bones or other skeletal material)
Kaolin/ China clay-Aluminium silicate
King's Yellow-Arsenic trisulphide
Lime sulphur-Calcium polysulphide
Litharge-Lead trioxide
Lithopone-Zinc sulphide and barium sulphate
Liver of sulphur-Potassium polysulphide
Lunar caustic-Silver nitrate
Lye-Sodium hydroxide
Magnesia-Basic magnesium carbonate
Marsh gas-Methane
Massicot-Lead monoxide
Mohr's salt-Ferrous ammonium sulphate
Muriatic acid-Hydrochloric acid
Nitre-Potassium nitrate
Oil of Iron-Red Sulphur
Orpiment-Arsenic trisulphide
Oxymuriatic acid-Chlorine gas
Paris green-Copper arsenite
Plaster of Paris-Calcium sulphate
Plumbago-Graphite
Potash-Potasssium carbonate
Purple of Cassius-Colloidal gold
Pyrites (iron)-Ferrous sulphide
Realgar-Arsenic disulphide
Red lead / Minium-Lead tetroxide
Rochelle salt-Sodium potassium tartrate
Sal ammoniac-Ammonium chloride
Sal volatile-Ammonium carbonate
Saltpeter /Sal Petrier-Potassium Nitrate
Saltpeter, Norwegian-Calcium nitrate
Selenite-Calcium sulphate
Spirit of Nitre-Nitric acid
Spirits of salt-Hydrochloric acid
Sugar of lead-Lead Acetate
Table salt-Sodium chloride
Tartar Emetic-Potassium antimonyl tartrate
Tripoli-Diatomaceous earth
Verdegris-Copper Acetate /carbonate
Vermilion-Red Mercuric Sulfide
Vinegar-Acetic acid
Vitriol-Sulphuric Acid concentrated
Washing soda-Sodium carbonate
Water Glass-Sodium silicate solution
White arsenic-Arsenious oxide
White Lead-Lead carbonate
White vitriol-Zinc sulphate
My many thanks to Master Magnus of Atlantia, and John Burgess of New
Zealand, for allowing me to mine their respective correspondences for
nuggets of information.
Bibliography
Agricola, Georgius; De Re Metallica, 1556; Trans. by Herbert C.
Hoover & Lou H. Hoover; 1986, Dover Publications, New York (ISBN 0-486-60006-8)
Alexis of Piemont (Ruscelli, Girolamo); The Secretes of the Reverende
Maister Alexis of Piemount ANNO 1558, Reprinted in 1975 by Theatrum
Orbis Terrarum, Ltd., Amsterdam (ISBN 90 221 0707 8)
Biringuccio, Vannoccio; The Pirotechnia, 1548; Trans. by Cyril
Stanley Smith & Martha Teach Gnudi; 1990, Dover Publications, New
York (ISBN 0-486-26134-4)
Cellini, Benvenuto; The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on
Goldsmithing and Sculpture, 1568; Trans. by C. R. Ashbee; 1967, Dover
Publications, New York (ISBN 0-486-21568-7)
Diagram Group, The, Handtools of Arts and Crafts, 1981, St. Martin's
Press, New York (ISBN: 0312358601).
Hiscox, Gardner, ed. Henley's Formulas for Home and Workshop, 1979
(reprint of 1907 revised edition), Avenel Books, New York (ISBN 0-517-29307-2)
Maryon, Herbert; Metalwork and Enamelling, 1971, Dover Publications, New York
(ISBN 0-486-22702-2)
McCreight, Tim;
The Complete Metalsmith, 1991, Davis Publications, Inc, Worcester,
MA (ISBN 0-87192-240-1)
Practical Casting, 1994, Brynmorgen Press, Cape Elizabeth, ME (ISBN
0-9615984-5-X)
Theophilus; On Divers Arts, c.1122, Trans. by John G. Hawthorne &
Cyril S. Smith; 1979, Dover Publications, New York (ISBN 0-486-23784-2)
Ron Charlotte -- Gainesville, FL
ronch2 at bellsouth.net OR afn03234 at afn.org
Re: Archaic Chemicals
Posted by: "Chris and Barbara Collins" bcollins at fairpoint.net Bcollins_05471
Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:39 pm (PST)
Find a copy of a "Dixie gunworks" cat'lg. In the back, there's all kinds of useful info (labeled as such) Sorry, their site doesn't have it on-line.
-Ekk
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