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chained_bear commented on the word powder of projection
The name for the philosophers' stone when used in alchemy: "The casting of some ingredient into a crucible; esp. in Alchemy, the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone (powder of projection) upon a metal in fusion to effect its transmutation into gold or silver; the transmutation of metals." (OED)
February 13, 2007