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Fire Assay, Cupellation and the Dissemination of Technical Knowledge in Post-Medieval Europe
… chemistry is an offspring of fire assay and cupellation, a method used to quantify the amount of precious metals such as silver and gold in ores, ingots or coins. Small-scale cupellation was used to determine quantitatively the richness of metalliferous ores, and for quality control in metals …