This is a re-upload of the first part of my Faraday's Electrochemistry series, which I have edited to correct some of my mistakes in the original version.
Here's my original:    • Faraday's Electrochemistry: Building ...  

Mountain top joiner shop's cool video on Ebonization:    • Ebonizing Wood: Why it's worth it. Ho...  

Sources:
Michael Faraday's 'Experimental Researches in Electricity'

Theophrastus's 'Book on Stones' PDF here: https://www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es/Cristal...

Michael Sendivogius' Novum Lumen Chemicum or "New Chemical Light" Can be found archived digitally here: https://archive.org/details/alchymyta...

Robert Boyle's "cloud Juice" quote came from a section of Newman and Principie's phenomenal book on early modern alchemy called 'Alchemy Tried In the Fire' this book is also a great reference for sendivogius' legacy and the idea of sal nitrum.