Title: Alchemy, its science and romance;
Authors: Mercer, John Edward, 1856-; Duveen Alchemy and Chemistry Collection
Publisher: Society for promoting Christian Knowledge; Macmillan co.,
Year: 1921
Subjects: Alchemy History
Contents: Introduction -- Part I. General History I. Myth and early history -- II. Arabian alchemy -- III. Mediaeval alchemy -- IV. Decadence -- V. Transition to science -- Part II. The idea of transmutation I. Suggestions from natural processes -- II. Philosophy of transmutation -- III. Alchemy and animism -- IV. Magic and astrology -- Part III. The objects of the quest I. The philosopher's stone -- II. The stone and mysticism -- III. Credulity and imposture -- IV. Life of Renard of Tréves -- Part IV Alchemy and science -- I. Difficulties of interpretation -- II. The materials -- III. The laboratories -- IV. Advances and discoveries -- V. Transition to modern chemistry -- VI. The outlook