Alchemical Symbols Page #24
This page lists all the various symbols in the Alchemical Symbols category.
Alchemical symbols, originally devised as part of alchemy, were used to denote some elements and some compounds until the 18th century. Note that while notation like this was mostly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists, so this page lists the most common.
Symbols in this category:
White arsenic
In alchemy, white arsenic is an oxide used to create a color known as Schweinfurt green.
White Precipitate
Resembling a combination of the signs for Precipitation and Mercury, this alchemical symbol represents either of two insoluable compounds, Mercuric Amide Chloride (HgNH2Cl2) "Infusible white precipitate" and Mercuric Diammonium Chloride (Hg(NH3)2Cl2 "Fusible white precipitate."
White Precipitate (alternate #1)
Resembling a combination of the signs for Precipitation and Mercury, this alchemical symbol represents either of two insoluable compounds, Mercuric Amide Chloride (HgNH2Cl2) "Infusible white precipitate" and Mercuric Diammonium Chloride (Hg(NH3)2Cl2 "Fusible white precipitate."
White Precipitate (Alternate #2)
Resembling a combination of the signs for Precipitation and Mercury, this alchemical symbol represents either of two insoluable compounds, Mercuric Amide Chloride (HgNH2Cl2) "Infusible white precipitate" and Mercuric Diammonium Chloride (Hg(NH3)2Cl2 "Fusible white precipitate."
White Precipitate (alternate #3)
An early chemical symbol for the white powder created by putting corrosive sublimate in a solution of ammonia or sal ammoniac.
Wind furnace (alchemy)
An alchemical symbol indicating a wind furnace (also known as a wind forge).
Wind furnace (process, #1)
An alchemical symbol that indicates to process something in a wind furnace.
Wind furnace (process, #2)
An alchemical symbol that indicates to process something in a wind furnace.
Wise man's sulphur (alchemy)
A symbol used in 17th century chemistry to indicate a substance known as wise man's sulphur, or "soufre des philosophes"
Wood (alternate #1)
While at first glance this symbol may be mistaken for a warped version of the anarchy logo, it is in fact one of the symbols used in alchemy to denote wood.
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