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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

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Number of Chapters: 14

Length: 5 hours and 11 minutes

Language: English

A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cutting edge of the development of modern atomic theory ... and whose developing blind ends we can now see with the advantage of hind sight. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

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The explanation of material changes given by Greek Thinkers (Peter Yearsley)
A sketch of alchemical theory (Peter Yearsley)
The alchemical notion of the unity and simplicity of nature (Peter Yearsley)
The alchemical elements and principles (Peter Yearsley)
The alchemical essence (Peter Yearsley)
Alchemy as an experimental art (Peter Yearsley)
The Language of alchemy (Peter Yearsley)
The Degeneracy of Alchemy (Peter Yearsley)
Paracelsus and some other alchemists (Peter Yearsley)
Summary of the alchemical doctrine -- the replacement of the Three Principles of the alchemists by the single principle of Phlogiston (Peter Yearsley)
The examination of the phenomena of combustion (Peter Yearsley)
The recognition of chemical changes as the interactions of definite substances (Peter Yearsley)
The chemical elements contrasted with the alchemical principles (Peter Yearsley)
The modern form of the alchemical quest of the One Thing (Peter Yearsley)
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