Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, History, Chemistry

Authors: M. M. Pattison Muir In Year : 1913

Book Language: English

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The explanation of material changes given by Greek Thinkers
A sketch of alchemical theory
The alchemical notion of the unity and simplicity of nature
The alchemical elements and principles
The alchemical essence
Alchemy as an experimental art
The Language of alchemy
The Degeneracy of Alchemy
Paracelsus and some other alchemists
Summary of the alchemical doctrine -- the replacement of the Three Principles of the alchemists by the single principle of Phlogiston
The examination of the phenomena of combustion
The recognition of chemical changes as the interactions of definite substances
The chemical elements contrasted with the alchemical principles
The modern form of the alchemical quest of the One Thing

A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cutting edge of the development of modern atomic theory ... and whose developing blind ends we can now see with the advantage of hind sight. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)