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

"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…"

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

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

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

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

"As Hermes Psychopompos, he also serves as a guide of souls into the underworld. Under his Roman name of Mercury, Herm…"

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

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