Alchemy (Dover Books on Engineering)

by E. J. Holmyard

Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

540.1

Tags

Alchemy, Magic, Art, Manuals, History of Alchemy, Alchemists, Paracelsus, Symbols, Terms, Hermes Trismegistus, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Avicenna, Turba Philosophorum, Jabir Ibn Hayyam. Islamic Alchemy

Genres

Collection

Don

Publication

Dover Publications (1990), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 320 pages

Description

Classic study by noted scholar ranges over 2,000 years of alchemy: ancient Greek and Chinese alchemy, alchemical apparatus, Islamic and early Western alchemy; signs, symbols, and secret terms; Paracelsus, English and Scottish alchemists, and more. Erudite coverage of philosophical, religious, mystical overtones; replacement of alchemy by scientific method, more. Illustrated.

Subjects

Alchemy

Language

English

Original publication date

1957

Physical description

320 p.; 5.43 inches

ISBN

0486262987 / 9780486262987

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