But he really couldn't resist his curiosity, so he would still heat these soils, colored minerals, and stones, trying to dissolve them in water and make the solution react.
Whenever he saw something with color, he hoped it contained metal.
He conducted these experiments in well-ventilated, uninhabited areas, standing at a distance.
And he covered his mouth and nose with a damp towel. This towel was cut from woolen cloth, made of real wool.
It was truly a luxury.
He indeed managed to produce some chemical substances, but he couldn't identify them.
He believed that a certain dark soil contained traces of copper, but he didn't know how to extract it, and he felt that it was inefficient to obtain copper this way.
He also taught the people here how to weave ropes, how to spin yarn by hand, how to weave cloth using four sticks, and how to use reeds to weave baskets and reed mats.
