Great Work of the Old Man

GREAT GREAT WORK OF THE OLD MAN "H" In one of my books I related o! !as te meen# !$t t$s old al%em$st& $n te %$ty of Mendo'a& se(eral years a#o) I told $s tea%$n#s and te s*++osed ",$loso+er-s .tone" $n tat man-s +ossess$on) Te same one tat I took !$t my ands and tat& +a$nf*lly& I +ortrayed !$t my bad %amera of +otos) Wat I ne(er told& at least +*bl$%ly& !as te !ay $n !$% t$s +erson re(ealed to me te form*la for mak$n# "$s" stone) I tr$ed for a lon# me / and I sll do $t !$t te %om+os$te embers tat I ad / try to make t$s +at) 0*t I a(e al!ays al!ays fa$led) I +*t $t ere on te Internet so tat maybe someone !o as done $t or $s fam$l$ar !$t $t %an tell me& and so many oter readers of La+$s ,$loso+or*m& !eter $t $s +oss$ble or not) 1I named $t H& by $ts last name& as no s$m$lar$ty !$t .$mon H& !o for years as been ded$%ated to de%e$(e +eo+le !$t te$r %$meras2 Here yo* a(e $t 1$n te end& I add te +arallels or 3*otaons of al%em$%al treases tat a#ree !$t t$s !ay24

5se (*l#ar lead $n t$s +at) 6*t $t $nto seets or melt $t $n a +an) And ten tro! dro+s $n marble) W$% !$ll form lead sells tat are easy to %*t) Ten +la%e te lead $n a #lass 7ar and add 899 ml of  n$tr$% a%$d) Te e:a%t rao $s4 899 #rams of lead !$t 899 ml of n$tr$% a%$d);o* a%$d);o* so*ld not *se too m*% er tat o+eraon

Te res*lt !$ll be s$m$lar to te +oto Te old man-s $dea !as tat +$loso+$%al mer%*ry and +$loso+$%al s*lf*r so*ld be obta$ned from $m+erfe%t& and *n$ted bod$es& and %arry tem to te +erfe%on of te stone A>er obta$n$n# lead s*l+ate& te +rod*%on of mer%*ry be#$ns) A %lar$<%aon tat I remember $s tat $nstead of +re+ar$n# te lead as $t $s !r$=en abo(e& I %an *se #alena !$% $s nat*ral lead s*l
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THAT WATER THAT I 6OLLE6T 6AN E.6A,E FROM THE 6ONTAINER& I WILL E,LAIN& THE ,I6T5RE I. A EAM,LE& A>er years of +re+ar$n# te %om+o*nd& lea($n# $t $n a #tly %losed #lass 7ar& a stran#e !$te %om+o*nd formed& !$%& as yo* %an see $n te +oto& seems to #ro! and es%a+e from $ns$de te 7ar) A%%ord$n# to te old man t$s a++ens be%a*se te !ater or KOH as l$fe) A%%ord$n# to $m& $t $s te se%ret