Question: What is the nationality of the person who wrote "The Universal Solvent"?
Sentence (from "Alchemy"): Common aims were chrysopoeia, the transmutation of "base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble metals" (particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development of an alkahest, a universal solvent.
Relevant evidence: No