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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
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M. M. Pattison Muir
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TO
NEW
EDITION.
A
few
small
changes
have
been
made.
The
last
chapter
has
been
re-written
and
considerably
enlarged.
M.M.P.M.
FARNHAM,
September
1913.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I.
THE
EXPLANATION
OF
MATERIAL
CHANGES
GIVEN
BY
GREEK
THINKERS
II.
A
SKETCH
OF
ALCHEMICAL
THEORY
III.
THE
ALCHEMICAL
NOTION
OF
THE
UNITY
AND
SIMPLICITY
OF
NATURE
IV.
THE
ALCHEMICAL
ELEMENTS
AND
PRINCIPLES
V.
THE
ALCHEMICAL
ESSENCE
VI.
ALCHEMY
AS
AN
EXPERIMENTAL
ART
VII.
THE
LANGUAGE
OF
ALCHEMY
VIII.
THE
DEGENERACY
OF
ALCHEMY
IX.
PARACELSUS,
AND
SOME
OTHER
ALCHEMISTS
X.
SUMMARY
OF
THE
ALCHEMICAL
DOCTRINE--THE
REPLACEMENT
OF
THE
THREE
PRINCIPLES
OF
THE
ALCHEMISTS
BY
THE
SINGLE
PRINCIPLE
OF
PHLOGISTON
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