"One Callius, an Athenian, who belonged to the silver mines, invented and taught the making of this artificial Cinnaba…"

"Natural cinnabar consists of much mercury and some sulfur and earth; these three together make a hard body, a very be…"

"Theophrastus, a disciple of Plato and successor to Aristotle, described quicksilver as a useful substance "obtained f…"

"The factitious cinnabar is from the country a little above Ephesus; it is but in small quantities, and is had only fr…"

"In the first century A.D., Dioscorides Pedanios of Anazarbus, Cilicia, gave the following process for preparing metal…"

"Many do not even know that mercury comes out of cinnabar (tan sha). When told, they still refuse to believe it, sayin…"

"Mercury was known to the ancient Chinese and Hindus, and has been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 1500 or 1600…"

"Quicksilver is a useful thing for many purposes. For instance, neither silver nor copper can be gilded properly witho…"

"It is a fluid but does not moisten, and runs about, though it has no feet."

"The mercury mines of Almaden had been worked for at least 2287 years and that cinnabar from them was sent to ancient …"