Alchemy
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TextNew York Dover Pubs, Inc. c1957Edition: Dover ed. 1990Description: 288p.; ill.; bibliography; glossary; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-486-26298-7
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Paracelsus. 1493-1541 : P161-172.. Flamel, Nicholas : P233-242.
'The Dover edition, first published in 1990, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by Penguin Books in 1957.'
1 Introductory. 2 The Greek alchemists. 3 Chinese alchemy. 4 Alchemical apparatus. 5 Islamic alchemy. 6 Early Western alchemy. 7 Signs, symbols, and secret terms. 8 Paracelsus. 9 Some English alchemists. 10 Scottish alchemists. 11 Two French alchemists. 12 Helvetiius, Price, and Semler
'Ranging over two millennia of alchemical history, Mr. Holmyard shows how, like astrology and witchcraft, alchemy was an integral part of the pre-scientific moral order, arousing the cupidity of princes, the blind fear of mobs and the intellectual curiosity of learned men.'
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