Basil Valentine
Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors.According to John Maxson Stillman, who wrote on the history of chemistry, there is no evidence of such a name on the rolls in Germany or Rome and no mention of this name before 1600. His putative history, like his imaginary portrait, appears to be of later creation than the writings themselves.
During the 18th century it was suggested that the author of the works attributed to Basil Valentine was Johann Thölde, a salt manufacturer in Germany who lived roughly 1565–1624. Modern scholarship now suggests that one author was Thölde, but that others were involved. Thölde published the first five books under Valentine's name.
Whoever he was, Basil Valentine had considerable knowledge of chemistry. He demonstrated that ammonia could be obtained by the action of alkali on sal-ammoniac (ammonium chloride), described the production of hydrochloric acid by acidifying brine of common salt (sodium chloride), and created ethyl chloride and oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid), among other achievements. Provided by Wikipedia
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The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet : which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behind the high-altar of the Cathedral Chruch,... by Basilius Valentinus
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Of natural & supernatural things : also of the first tincture, root, and spirit of metals and minerals, how the same are conceived, generated, brought forth, changed, and augmented... by Basilius Valentinus
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Of natural & supernatural things : also, Of the first tincture, root, and spirit of metals and minerals : how the same are conceived, generated, brought forth, changed and augmente... by Basilius Valentinus
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Basil Valentine his Triumphant chariot of antimony : with annotations of Theodore Kirkringius, M.D. : with the true book of the learned Synesius, a Greek abbot, taken out of the Em... by Basilius Valentinus
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The triumphant chariot of antimony : being a conscientious discovery of the many reall transcendent excellencies included in that minerall / by Basilius Valentinus
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Basilius Valentinus friar of the Order of St. Benedict his last will and testament : Which he himself, being alone, hid under a table of marble behinde the high-altar of the cathed... by Basilius Valentinus
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Basilius Valentinus, monk, of the Order of St. Bennet: his last will and testament : Which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behinde the high-altar of the Cathedral Chur... by Basilius Valentinus
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The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet. : Which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behind the high-altar of the Cathedral Church... by Basilius Valentinus
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The triumphant chariot of antimony; being a conscientious discovery of the many real transcendent excellencies included in that mineral. / by Basilius Valentinus
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Alex. Van Suchten Of the secrets of antimony : in two treatises. Translated out of high-Dutch by Dr. C. a person of great skill in chymistry. To which is added B. Valentine's salt... by Suchten, Alexander von, ca. 1520-ca. 1590, Basilius Valentinus
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