Aeneas

Beside the Bible, the first reliable record of incendiary mixtures was given by the Greek tactician Aeneas, who, at about 350 BC, compiled the. first European treatise on the art of war. He listed sulfur, pitch, pinewood, incense and tow as principal incendiary ingredients Seven centuries later (AD 350), Vegetius, a Roman military authority, added resin, bitumen and petroleum oils to this list which indicates a significant advance in incendiary technique All of these mixtures, however, were of low efficiency because they burned quickly and could easily be extinguished with water... 

The tar was lighted and the club hurled against a wooden structure, where the pointed prongs held the fire-bearing club in place against the wall or roof of the building until the fire spread. This device was described in 350 BC by Aeneas and was supposed to have been used before his time... 

Erycibe henryi Prain E. aenea Prain Ding Gong Teng (leaf, stem, root) Scopoline, erycbelline, scopoletin,56 Leaf poultices applied to sores and to the head to treat headache, treat arthritis, swelling, pain. 

Angelica amurensis, A. anomala,A. dahurica, Artemisia gmelini, Bidens tripartita, Caltha palustris, Carum carvi, Coriandrum sativum, Erycibe henryi, E. aenea, Rex pubescens, Impatiens balsamina,... 

I. noli-tangere, I. textori, Melilotus alba, M. suaveolens, M. indica, Nerum indicum, Physochlaina infundibularis, Viburnum sargenti Erycibe henryi, E. aenea, Nerum indicum Hyoscyamus bohemicus Corydalis incisa, C. bungeana... 

Pardon me, I was just detonated by C s staircase, said A, making sure he had not actually hit his friend. It reminded me of Aeneas descent into the underworld not far from here actually, a few miles south near Naples. But I see it can be dangerous to interrupt, so go on, C, before I get carried away again. ... 

Ethyl alcohol, already known to alchemists, was used by industry towards the middle of the last century when continuous distillation in columns was devised by Ireland s Aeneas Coffey in 1830 and when it became exempt from excise duties on alcohol if methanol was added to it. 

Patent Stills,—By far the greater quantity of ordinary alcohol is distilled in a patent still, the invention of Aeneas Coffey. In this process the alcohol is expelled by blowing steam through the wash which is spread in layers over a considerable surface. The wash enters at the top of the still and passes downwards over a series of perforated copper plates in which are small orifices, where the liquid is... 

The patent stiU, the invention of Aeneas Cofiey (for description, see p. 174), has been increasingly employed for tbe manufacture of whiskey, especiaUy in Ireland. The... 

Away from the East we recognise it as Vesta, who was worshipped at Troy, and brought by Aeneas into Italy ... 

De Brevans, J. La Fabrication des Liqueurs. Paris, 1897. Foth, George. Handbuch der Spiritus Fabrikation. Berlin, 1929. Kullmann, Otto. Die Spirituosen Industrie. Leipzig, 1912. Macdonald, Aeneas. Whiskey. Porpoise Press, Edinburgh,... 

In his welcome to the players, Hamlet foregrounds the anral, and verbal, aspects of the theater Come, a passionate speech I heard thee speak me a speech once We ll hear a play tomorrow (II.ii.428, 430, 530). The speech he has the first player recite, as Aeneas recounting the Trojan War to Dido, further reinforces this theme." Describing the moving power of Hecuba s grief, Aeneas... 

In 1830 Aeneas Coffey of Dublin designed a still which operated continuously and gave good alcohol separation (31). He fed the preheated mixture of water and alcohol (from fermentation) into a vertical series of shallow chambers placed one on top of the other, separated from each other by perforated plates, heated by live steam, and using refiux see... 

Aeneas was the son of the Goddess Aphrodite and Anchises, King of the Dardanians and grandson of Ilus." ° The Arcadians and Trojans built shrines to Anchises as the god Adonis who was bom from a myrrh-tree." As we saw with Tamar s Palm in the Valley of Oddy in Chapter 15, the drops of gum shed by the myrrh tree were the tears shed for Adonis who was bom from the tree." ... 

Like Homs, Aeneas was the Son of God. Both Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus claimed descent from him." The myth of Aeneas became very important to the Rosicmcians in the seventeenth century. As previously mentioned, he is one of the nine noble warriors. Lrederick II decorated his bedchamber at Sans Souci with esoteric reliefs of Julius Caesar and Augustus. 

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