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Namebook The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
Author M. M. Pattison MUIR
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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)

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The explanation of material changes given by Greek ThinkersA sketch of alchemical theoryThe alchemical notion of the unity and simplicity of natureThe alchemical elements and principlesThe alchemical essenceAlchemy as an experimental artThe Language of alchemyThe Degeneracy of AlchemyParacelsus and some other alchemistsSummary of the alchemical doctrine -- the replacement of the Three Principles of the alchemists by the single principle of PhlogistonThe examination of the phenomena of combustionThe recognition of chemical changes as the interactions of definite substancesThe chemical elements contrasted with the alchemical principlesThe modern form of the alchemical quest of the One Thing

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