Lawrence Principe describes the relationship between alchemy and chemistry in his article entitled, "Alchemy Restored," in which he states, "The search for metallic transmutation — what we call "alchemy" but that is more accurately termed "Chrysopoeia" — was ordinarily viewed in the late seventeenth century as synonymous with or as a subset of chemistry."
Lawrence Principe menggambarkan hubungan antara alkimia dan kimia dalam artikelnya yang berjudul, "Alchemy Restored", dia menyatakan, "Pencarian transmutasi logam — yang kita sebut "alkimia" tapi lebih tepat disebut "Chrysopoeia" — biasanya dilihat sebagai identik dengan atau sebagai bagian dari kimia pada akhir abad ketujuh belas."