Alchemy Tried in the Fire
Subtitle: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780226577111
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; History of science; Kabbalah & hermetic thought; Laboratory techniques, experiments; c 1600 to c 1700; Alchemy; Chemistry (General); Science; History: World; USA; Chemistry - General; History; Science / History; Scientists - General; 1627-1691; 17th century; Boyle, Robert,; Chemistry; England
First sentence: "How strangely unseasonable is this Melancholy weather! and how tedious a Winter have we endur'd this Summer?"