Epistola de Secretis Operibus Artis et Naturae, et de Nullitate Magiae (Book) AKA The Secret Works of Art and of Nature and Also on the Nullity of Magic
Epistola de Secretis Operibus Artis et Naturae, et de Nullitate Magiae
1250 AD
AKA The Secret Works of Art and of Nature and Also on the Nullity of Magic
Bacon states :"a man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar," and gives seven cipher methods.
The last three chapters are coded alchemical jargon, such as:
We can, with saltpeter and other substances, compose artificially a fire that can be launched over long distances... By only using a very small quantity of this material much light can be created accompanied by a horrible fracas. It is possible with it to destroy a town or an army ... In order to produce this artificial lightning and thunder it is necessary to take saltpeter, sulfur, and Luru Vopo Vir Can Utriet.
The italicized words at the end are an anagram — They conceal the proportion of powdered charcoal needed to make the explosive.
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