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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, f ....
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.... Egypt the belief
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, f.... |
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