1 From ὔδωρ, ‘water,’ and ἄργυρος, ‘silver.’

2 E.g., Hoghelande, “De alchemiae difficultatibus,” Theatr. chem., I (1659), p. 161.

3 “Aquarium sapíentum,” Musaeum hermeticum, pp. 84, 93.

4 Ibid., p. 84. Hence also lac virginis, nivis, terra alba foliata, magnesia, etc.

5 Hoghelande, p. 161.

6 Mylius, Philosophia reformata, p. 176.

7 “Novum lumen,” Mus. herm., p. 581; “Tractatus aureus,” ibid., p. 34; “Gloria mundi,” ibid., p. 250; Khunrath, Von hylealischen Chaos, p. 214.

8 Rosarium philosophorum, in Artis auriferae, II, p. 376.

9 “Tractatus aureus,” Mus. herm., p. 39.

10 Mylius, Phil. ref., p. 31.

11 “Gloria mundi,” p. 244.

12 Aurora consurgens II, in Art. aurif., I, p. 189. This text remarks that the water is fire (p. 212).

13 Berthelot, Alch. grecs, IV, vii, 2.

14 Basilius Valentinus, “Practica,” Mus. herm., p. 404.

15 Philaletha, “Metallorum metamorphosis,” ibid., p. 771, and “Introitus apertus,” ibid., p. 654.