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The Book of Secrets

كتاب الأسرار

Al-Razi's Book of Secrets, a practical manual for the alchemical laboratory classifying substances and apparatus, was partly translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona.

Author
al-Razi (Rhazes) (d. 925)
Field
Alchemy and minerals
Arabic title
كتابُ الأسرار
Latin title
Liber secretorum (Bubacaris); variants: Liber secretorum alkimie

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