The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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And since varnish [powder] is the resin of juniper, if you distil  
juniper you can dissolve the said varnish [powder] in the essence,  
as explained above.  
6
36.  
VARNISH [OR POWDER].  
Notch a juniper tree and give it water at the roots, mix the liquor  
which exudes with nut-oil and you will have a perfect varnish  
[
powder], made like amber varnish [powder], fine and of the best  
quality make it in May or April.  
6
37.  
VARNISH [OR POWDER].  
Mercury with Jupiter and Venus,--a paste made of these must be  
corrected by the mould (?) continuously, until Mercury separates  
itself entirely from Jupiter and Venus. [Footnote: Here, and in No.  
6
41 Mercurio seems to mean quicksilver, Giove stands for iron,  
Venere for copper and Saturno for lead.]  
On chemical materials (638-650).  
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