 | China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - China - 1855 - 512 pages
...it is destroyed, but when the tan »/j<j ( sulphuret of mercury ) is subjected to heat, it produces mercury. After passing through other changes, it returns...is he not far above common men ? In the world there arc few that know it, and many that cavil at it. Many do not even know that mercury comes out of cinnabar,... | |
 | Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen - Ethnology - 1881 - 690 pages
...it is //destroyed, but when the tan slia (sulphuret of mercury) is subjected to heat, it //produces mercury. After passing through other changes, it returns to its original //form. It diflers widely therefore from vegetable substances , and hence it has the //power of making men live... | |
 | Disasters - 1884 - 464 pages
...matter is burnt, it is destroyed ; but when the Tan-slia (ciunabar) is subjected to heat, it produces mercury. After passing through other changes, it returns...rank of the genii. He who knows this doctrine, is ho not far above common men ? In the world there are few that know it, and many that cavil at it; many... | |
 | Disasters - 1884 - 476 pages
...matter is burnt, it is destroyed ; but when the Тан-ska (cinnabar) is subjected to heat, it produces mercury. After passing through other changes, it returns...substances, and hence it has the power of making men livo for ever, and raising them to the rank of the genii. He who knows this doctrine, is he not far... | |
 | Japan - 1888 - 636 pages
...matter is burnt it is " destroyed, but when the tan-ska (cinnabar) is sub"ject to heat it produces mercury. After passing through "other changes it returns...it has the power of making men live for ever, and rais" ing them to the rank of the Genii. He who knows this " doctrine is he no. far above common men... | |
 | Charles John Samuel Thompson - Science - 2002 - 292 pages
...matter is burnt it is destroyed, but when iansha [cinnabar] is so treated it produces mercury, and after passing through other changes it returns to...its original form. It differs widely therefore from a vegetable substance, and hence it has the power of making a man live for ever and raising him to... | |
 | Japan - 1875 - 898 pages
...produces mercury. After passing through " other changes it returus to its original form. It difi'crs " widely, therefore, from vegetable substances, and...it has the power of making men live for ever, and rais" ing them to the rank of the Genii. lie who kuows this " doctrine is he not far above common men... | |
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Wheu vegetable matter is burnt, it is destroyed ; but when the Tan-slia (ciunabar) is subjected to heat, it produces mercury. After passing through other changes, it returns to its original form. It differs widely, therefore, from vegetable substances,... 