| Description |
xviii, 312 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
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| Note |
A Wiley-Interscience publication. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Practical Chemistry, Mining, and Metallurgy -- What Fresh Hell Is This? -- The Essence of Matter: Four Elements (or Five); Three Principles (or Two); or Three Subatomic Particles (or More) -- Unifying The Infinite and the Infinitesimal -- Seeding the Earth with Metals -- Chymicall Characters -- Practical Chemistry: Mining, Assaying, and Refining -- Spiritual and Allegorical Alchemy -- The Philosopher's Stone Can No Longer Be Protected By Patent -- The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine. First Key: The Wolf of Metals and the Impure King -- Ratso Rizzo and the Poet Virgil as Transmuting Agents? -- Catawba Indian Pottery: Four Colors and a Miracle of Survival -- Dragons, Serpents, and Order out of Chaos -- Today's Specials: Oil of Scorpion and Lady's Spot Fade-In Cream -- "Vulgar And Common Errors" -- What Is Wrong with this Picture? -- Protecting the Roman Empire's Currency from the Black Art -- Geber and Rhazes: Alchemists from the Biblical Lands -- Alchemists as Artists' Subjects -- Allegories, Myths, and Metaphors -- The Wordless Book -- Iatrochemistry and Spagyricall Preparations -- Paracelsus -- The Dream Team of Alchemy -- Distillation By Fire, Hot Water, Sand, or Steamed Boar Dung -- Chemistry Begins to Emerge as a Science -- The First Ten-Pound Chemistry Text -- A Tree Grows in Brussels -- Curing Wounds by Treating the Sword with Powder of Sympathy -- Do Anonymous Passersby Defecate At Your Doorstep? A Solution -- A House Is Not a Home without a Bath Tub and a Still -- Boyle Versus Aristotle And Paracelsus -- The Atmosphere Is Massive. |
| Summary |
Contains illustrations that depict selected highlights from throughout the history of chemistry; and includes explanatory notes. |
| Subject |
Chemistry -- History.
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Chemistry -- History -- Pictorial Works. |
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Alchemy -- Pictorial Works. |
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Chemistry. (OCoLC)fst00853344
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0471354082 (alk. paper) |
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9780471354086 (alk. paper) |
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