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AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY
AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY

THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND
THE BEGINNINGS OFCHEMISTRY

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

"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)
Hodder and Stoughton
London, New York, Toronto

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List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style withPictorial 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.
  • Lost England. By BECKLES WILLSON.
  • Alchemy, or The Beginnings of Chemistry. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
  • The Chemical Elements. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
  • The Wanderings of Atoms. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
  • Germ Life: Bacteria. By H.W. CONN.
  • Life in the Seas. By SIDNEY J. HICKSON F.R.S.
  • Life's Mechanism. BY H.W. CONN.
  • Reptile Life. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S.
  • The Grain of Wheat. By WILLIAM C. EDGAR.
  • The Potter. By C.F. BINNS.

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON

PREFACE.

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings ofChemistry is very interesting in itself. It is alsoa pregnant example of the contrast between thescientific and the emotional methods of regardingnature; and it admirably illustrates the differences betweenwell-grounded, suggestive, hypotheses, and baseless speculations.

I have tried to tell the story so that it may be intelligible to theordinary reader.

M.M. PATTISON MUIR.

CAMBRIDGE, November 1902.

NOTE TO NEW EDITION.

A few small changes have been made. Thelast chapter has been re-written

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