- 182 pages
- English
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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
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The quest to turn base metals into gold captured the imagination of some of the finest minds of the enlightenment, this exciting book looks at the experiments carried out in dark basements away from the eye's of the public and the church. Little did these pioneers realise they were setting the foundation for one of the most fundamental sciences. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- I. The Explanation of Material Changes given by Greek Thinkers
- II. A Sketch of Alchemical Theory
- III. The Alchemical Notion of the Unity and Simplicity of Nature
- IV. The Alchemical Elements and Principles
- V. The Alchemical Essence
- VI. Alchemy as an Experimental Art
- VII. The Language of Alchemy
- VIII. The Degeneracy of Alchemy
- IX. Paracelsus, and Some Other Alchemists
- X. Summary of the Alchemical Doctrine—The Replacement of the Three Principles of the Alchemists by the Single Principle of Phlogiston
- XI. The Examination of the Phenomena of Combustion
- XII. The Recognition of Chemical Changes as the Interactions of Definite Substances
- XIII. The Chemical Elements Contrasted with the Alchemical Principles
- XIV. The Modern Form of the Alchemical Quest of the One Thing
- Index