The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
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RAYMOND Luliy performed a transmura-
England bv changing $1,000 pounds ~
quicksilver into corresponding lump e.,
solid gold, and adds tina; the first toe,
mobiles were coined gu. uf this in,l,nii,..
Luilean gold. The tellcrs Of biz s,priCs
are. n u rule. equally reckless and i,,uv-
rant, and lack-mos, ui them at least
the faculty Of calculation AMI the Is,wtt
Of computations: and IN, IL Is in very iuJjt
no bigger s;ofv-iclicr "a L. found IT,.
history. Fifty Thousand pounds ri puirh
silver forms respectable mass. not quit.
so readily procured In lump. IL woul.I
I'll something like n space Of Is cahic feet
"A bulk certainly difficult la operate up"u
In the times of the first Edward. even l.,
81 distinguished and accomplished Iu
adept n the great Eully. Easing tn,
calculation In the rough upon the respect
i've specific GRANTEES Of two metals. TIN
trnnsmutatipn would have produced SOM,
thing like two and half million puuu,i-
sterling Of our moncy-an enormous sum
In the ,.ays 81 Edward l. The real truti.
of the matter WAS that In. ini,rniuu'
Raymond. perfectly aware oi one 81 the
most valuable properties "a guicksilyrt
made up. In presence 1T the ignorant ~ 4
credulous king. and his equally ignorant
and credulous courticrs. "A mixture Of cop
per, tin. lead. Ac.. with an auro- mefcuiia
amalgarn, obtained by dissolving a certain
amount Of gold In quicksilver. and sub
l,,cfed th. mixture to strong heat. which
process would, Of course. ultimately cnd
In the production Of just as much purr
gold ~ The mercury had held In amal.,-
ton. This was "A most simple trick. In.
deed, but quite sufficiently Ingenious !ur
the limited int iligcnce Of people Ia the
dark ages. Tn. king was much .,atoun,is.l
and deeply chaSrined when he tfterwaII
In vain endcavorci to initiate Lully's sim
Pile process" OF course h" omitted To-
put in Tia" gold. However. ~ Lully h.,i
generously made his experiment graft.
no great harm was done What c,5tli
have been Lrlly's motive In thus ssIlirs
In. king 81 EngL,ndf We'll. perhaps th.
great adept was humorist In his way.
who might have dearly liked Ia ehUrkl.- 90
Imagination over poor. disappointed Long
shank hong face. Wise" Queen EiH-s-
beth and the wise men of her court wen
done In u somewhat similar. though Get
tsiniy little more ingenious. fashion by
travelling monk adept, who dipp"d kulf''
and file -tentatiously used by him la
some laboratory operations In prrs.n..'
1T the queen and her court. into a wnndrf-
fui ticture. which miracuiuusiy converted
III. part dipped iato s.,lid gold The knife
was permitted Ia remain la a collection -,
cIriusiti.s 81 Queen Elizabeth until thu
latter half u last century. when the ia
nous meehanic.an Geofrey publicly eN-
posed the cheat before tho French Aoasss-
my Of Sci.Rees. The trick hal been I.t.
formed simply with n knit. and a file. boil,
consisting 81 two halves steel one ant
"A gold on.-def,iy solsIercd together. and
cos.ted all over ty an Ingenious proceiif
with a thin film O steel highly polished
and presenting thus to the eye unif.ilH
surface ~ steel This flln wa. 81 cotiHr
easily dissolved and removed by the NTH.
acid uncture. leaving the solid g.i -
posed Ia view. The trick was neatly as.d
ingenlously done. and the monk was Nis,.
enough a. charge nothing fOr IL. b. r..
fused. 81 course. ppint blank. o. ssii hi-
secret a. her majesty. lie rested Contest
with having ss'li h~f majesty herself. e.
whom he PLEADED. in exciis. - his rrf,is.ii
that transmission va, o~csilt AMI .I'ia
holy art. no. III Ia H.. tDsIch.d by the "a
crci hands 81 n royal virgin ~ The uss..i
Christian house ~ Tudor. What obl.,t
could this monk have hal IN View I'm
cult o. say. History simply hints that b.
had To prefer Ia Ia" queen certain pl.'.s-
and snpplications In favor 81 the feiiGio,s-
confraistnifv To which he belongs.i and
that he r.scrted to this ineenio.z ds-,ica
D. dispose her majesty favora,ly o biz
suit T,n=,,y'- Naga<,as.