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- The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry, by M. M. Pattison Muir
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- 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
- The Useful Knowledge series
- List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:—
- List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:—
- FELLOW AND FORMERLY PRÆLECTOR IN CHEMISTRY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
- WITH EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION
- The Useful Knowledge series
- List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:—
- List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:—
- PREFACE.
- NOTE TO NEW EDITION.
- NOTE TO NEW EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY.
- CHAPTER I
- THE EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL CHANGES GIVEN BY THE GREEK THINKERS.
- THE EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL CHANGES GIVEN BY THE GREEK THINKERS.
- CHAPTER II.
- A SKETCH OF ALCHEMICAL THEORY.
- A SKETCH OF ALCHEMICAL THEORY.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE ALCHEMICAL CONCEPTION OF THE UNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF NATURE.
- THE ALCHEMICAL CONCEPTION OF THE UNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF NATURE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE ALCHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES.
- THE ALCHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE ALCHEMICAL ESSENCE.
- THE ALCHEMICAL ESSENCE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- ALCHEMY AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ART.
- ALCHEMY AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ART.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE LANGUAGE OF ALCHEMY
- THE LANGUAGE OF ALCHEMY
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE DEGENERACY OF ALCHEMY.
- THE DEGENERACY OF ALCHEMY.
- CHAPTER IX.
- PARACELSUS AND SOME OTHER ALCHEMISTS.
- PARACELSUS AND SOME OTHER ALCHEMISTS.
- CHAPTER X.
- SUMMARY OF THE ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE.—THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALCHEMISTS BY THE SINGLE PRINCIPLE OF PHLOGISTON.
- SUMMARY OF THE ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE.—THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALCHEMISTS BY THE SINGLE PRINCIPLE OF PHLOGISTON.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE EXAMINATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF COMBUSTION.
- THE EXAMINATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF COMBUSTION.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE RECOGNITION OF CHEMICAL CHANGES AS THE INTERACTIONS OF DEFINITE SUBSTANCES.
- THE RECOGNITION OF CHEMICAL CHANGES AS THE INTERACTIONS OF DEFINITE SUBSTANCES.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS CONTRASTED WITH THE ALCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES.
- THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS CONTRASTED WITH THE ALCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE MODERN FORM OF THE ALCHEMICAL QUEST OF THE ONE THING.
- THE MODERN FORM OF THE ALCHEMICAL QUEST OF THE ONE THING.
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER I
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