Note 200 — Chapter XXXV · HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING.
C. R. (Charles Robert) Ashbee translation
Boccia. Biringoccio in the fourth book of his ‘Pirotechnica,’ Venice, 1540, Chap. I., gives an illustrated description both of such an alembic and of how aquafortis for parting is distilled. See also the French edition of the same book translated by ‘Jaques Vincent.’ Rouen, 1627.