21-09-2026, 11:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-09-2026, 02:12 PM by Koen G.
Edit Reason: The user did not actually provide a translated text, so I used Gemini to translate it for them /KG
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Let me clarify right away: I did not use AI or anything like that. I don't speak English, so I used a translator. I apologize for any errors.
Have a good day! Could you tell me if you are considering the alchemical theory? The first symbols in the text resemble the graphic symbols of alchemy from that period. It seems to me that the botanical section graphically shows the apparatus itself or part of it and the reaction taking place inside it, represented by plants and roots. Perhaps it even encodes the element used. In the text, the first symbol denotes the process of heating, cooling, and so on. Then comes the result. It seems to me that it is about obtaining some element through distillation. I think the author was experimenting and mixing substances, and perhaps was describing not formulas, but what they saw with their own eyes — the reaction process itself. What do you think about this? Are there similar theories? Could you tell me what devices were used in the past to tell time?
Have a good day! Could you tell me if you are considering the alchemical theory? The first symbols in the text resemble the graphic symbols of alchemy from that period. It seems to me that the botanical section graphically shows the apparatus itself or part of it and the reaction taking place inside it, represented by plants and roots. Perhaps it even encodes the element used. In the text, the first symbol denotes the process of heating, cooling, and so on. Then comes the result. It seems to me that it is about obtaining some element through distillation. I think the author was experimenting and mixing substances, and perhaps was describing not formulas, but what they saw with their own eyes — the reaction process itself. What do you think about this? Are there similar theories? Could you tell me what devices were used in the past to tell time?
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