The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14218-h.htm or 14218-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h/14218-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h.zip) 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 Hodder and Stoughton London, New York, Toronto "It is neither religious nor wise to judge that of which you know nothing." A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby, by PHILALETHES (17th century) THE USEFUL KNOWLEDGE SERIES Cloth, One Shilling net each List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:-- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. By ALFRED T. STORY. A PIECE OF COAL. By K.A. MARTIN, F.G.S. ARCHITECTURE. By P.L. WATERHOUSE. THE COTTON PLANT. By F. WILKINSON, F.G.S. PLANT LIFE. By GRANT ALLEN. WILD FLOWERS. By REV. PROF. G. HENSLOW, F.L.S., F.G.S. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. ECLIPSES. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. THE STARS. By G.F.CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. THE WEATHER. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. ANIMAL LIFE. By B. LINDSAY. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY. By JOSEPH JACOBS. THE ATMOSPHERE. By DOUGLAS ARCHIBALD, M.A. ALPINE CLIMBING. By FRANCIS GRIBBLE FOREST AND STREAM. By JAMES RODWAY, F.L.S. FISH LIFE. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S. BIRD LIFE. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S. PRIMITIVE MAN. By EDWARD CLODD. ANCIENT EGYPT. By ROBINSON SOUTTAR, M.A., D.C.L. STORY OF LOCOMOTION. By BECKLES WILLSON. THE EARTH IN PAST AGES. By H.G. SEELEY, F.R.S. THE EMPIRE. By E. SALMON. KING ALFRED. By SIR WALTER BESANT.