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by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY - BY - M. M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A. - FELLOW AND FORMERLY PRÆLECTOR IN CHEMISTRY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE - WITH EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS - NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION - "It is neither religious nor wise to judge that of which you know nothing." A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby, by PHILALETHES (17th century) - Hodder and Stoughton London, New York, Toronto
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY.
CHAPTER I - THE EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL CHANGES GIVEN BY THE GREEK THINKERS.
CHAPTER II. - A SKETCH OF ALCHEMICAL THEORY.
CHAPTER III. - THE ALCHEMICAL CONCEPTION OF THE UNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF NATURE.
CHAPTER IV. - THE ALCHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES.
CHAPTER V. - THE ALCHEMICAL ESSENCE.
CHAPTER VI. - ALCHEMY AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ART.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (290K characters)
Release date
2004-11-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1848–1931
A Scottish chemist who gradually became one of the most readable guides to chemistry’s past, he wrote books that helped generations of readers follow the path from alchemy to modern science. Much of his working life was spent teaching at Cambridge, but his lasting reputation rests on the clear, thoughtful histories and textbooks he left behind.
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