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It stuck in loop: > How do I make gold? > > To make Gold, take two parts of common Salt, one part of Sal-Ammoniac, one part of Sulfur, and one part of Brimst
by severak_cz 3y ago
It stuck in loop:
> How do I make gold?
>
> To make Gold, take two parts of common Salt, one part of Sal-Ammoniac, one part of Sulfur, and one part of Brimstone, and mix them well together, and put them into a New-Receiving Glass, and let them stand until they become a thick Liquor, then pour them into another Glass, and add thereto some Spirit of Nitre, and a little Water, which will cause them to turn green, and make a strong Spirituous Acid, which is called Spirits of Salt, or Aqua Fortis. Then take some Gold, and wash it with the said Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become green; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become red; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become yellow; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become white; then wash it again with some more of the Acid, and it will become black; then wash it again with some more of the Ac
- amelius 3y agoFor-loops didn't exist in the 17th century, so it has to unroll them.
- Dorialexander 3y agoYes it happens once in a while. It's still a small model (7B) and I've done very weird things with it. If I were historically reconditioned in the 17th century mindset, I would also likely have strange lapses of insanity.
- BearOso 3y agoI recognized one of its sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_opus_(alchemy) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_opus_(alchemy) Not coincidentally, a goal of alchemy and its etymology was producing gold.
- contravariant 3y agoFrom what I know about alchemy that seems about accurate.
- yyyk 3y agoWell, they never really solved that problem, so it can be argued the answer is historically accurate...