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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
·
M. M. Pattison Muir
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On
my
conducting
him
into
the
state
parlour
(which
he
entered
without
wiping
his
dirty
boots),
he
demanded
of
me
a
gold
coin,
and
while
I
was
looking
for
it,
he
produced
from
his
breast
pocket
a
green
silk
handkerchief,
in
which
were
folded
up
five
medals,
the
gold
of
which
was
infinitely
superior
to
that
of
my
gold
piece."
Here
follows
the
inscriptions
on
the
medals.
"I
was
filled
with
admiration,
and
asked
my
visitor
whence
he
had
obtained
that
wonderful
knowledge
of
the
whole
world.
He
replied
that
it
was
a
gift
freely
bestowed
on
him
by
a
friend
who
had
stayed
a
few
days
at
his
house."
Here
follows
the
stranger's
account
of
this
friend's
experiments.
"When
my
strange
visitor
had
concluded
his
narrative,
I
besought
him
to
give
me
a
proof
of
his
assertion,
by
performing
the
transmutatory
operation
on
some
metals
in
my
presence.
He
answered
evasively,
that
he
could
not
do
so
then,
but
that
he
would
return
in
three
weeks,
and
that,
if
he
was
then
at
liberty
to
do
so,
he
would
show
me
something
that
would
make
me
open
my
eyes.
He
appeared
punctually
to
the
promised
day,
and
invited
me
to
take
a
walk
with
him,
in
the
course
of
which
we
discoursed
profoundly
on
the
secrets
of
Nature
in
fire,
though
I
noticed
that
my
companion
was
very
chary
in
imparting
information
about
the
Grand
Arcanum....
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