The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
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The explanation of material changes given by Greek Thinkers
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A sketch of alchemical theory
22:17 -
The alchemical notion of the unity and simplicity of nature
13:46 -
The alchemical elements and principles
21:09 -
The alchemical essence
30:49 -
Alchemy as an experimental art
17:26 -
The Language of alchemy
15:42 -
The Degeneracy of Alchemy
15:40 -
Paracelsus and some other alchemists
11:50 -
Summary of the alchemical doctrine -- the replacement of the Three Principles of the alchemists by the single principle of Phlogiston
30:03 -
The examination of the phenomena of combustion
25:29 -
The recognition of chemical changes as the interactions of definite substances
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The chemical elements contrasted with the alchemical principles
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The modern form of the alchemical quest of the One Thing
41:20
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Long before chemistry became a systematic science, writers explained changes in metals through ideas about spirits, hidden qualities and the unity of nature. M. M. Pattison Muir examines those explanations in this illustrated history, beginning with Greek thinkers and moving through alchemical principles, apparatus and language. His concern is how people interpreted material change, and how observation and experiment came to support more precise accounts of it.
The chapters connect alchemical practice with later debates about burning, phlogiston and chemical elements. Alongside this discussion, Muir recounts the activities of Cagliostro, whose claims and deceptions show another side of alchemy's appeal. The 1913 edition includes an enlarged final chapter on the continuing search for an underlying unity in matter.
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- M. M. Pattison Muir
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- Pages
- 121
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