Distillation of nitric acid (Aqua fortis or parting acid) in an 'iron man with two noses', 1689. Artist: Unknown

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Distillation of nitric acid (Aqua fortis or parting acid) in an 'iron man with two noses', 1689. From Philio-Chemico-Medicus by Christopher Packe (1689), a translation of the collected works of the German physician Johann Rudolph Glauber (1604-1670).

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