Google does wonders...
Spirits of Nitre = It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids. Banned by the FDA as useless and dangerous.
Corrosive Sublimate = BiChloride of Mercury. It is one of the most toxic forms of mercury because it is more soluble than most in water. It was used as a reagent in archaic photographic processes. It can kill you.
Blue Vitriol = Alum and copper sulfate
Tincture of Steel =Ferric or Iron Chloride in Grain Alcohol. The substance decomposes on heating above 200°C producing toxic and corrosive gases including chlorine and hydrogen chloride.
Tincture of Iron = Ferric Chloride, obtained as dark-green, lustrous crystals by heating iron in Chlorine. A good way to produce Chlorine gas.
Copperas = Iron Sulfate
Black brimstone = some form of sulfur?
Please let me know when you decide to tinker with this recipe. I would like to make travel plans in advance, perhaps Europe...
Pete
