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Alchemy
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: The science by aid of which the chemical philosophers of
medieval times attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or silver.
There is considerable divergence of opinion as to the etymology of the word,
but it would seem to be derived from the Arabic al=the, and kimya=chemistry,
which in turn derives from the late Greek chemica=chemistry, ....
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....elief that magical powers existed in fluxes and
alloys. Probably such a belief existed throughout Europe in connection
with the bronze-working castes of its several races. Its was probably in
the Byzantium of the fourth century, however, that alchemical science
received embryonic form. There is little doubt that Egyptian tradition,
filtering thro.... |
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