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The Influence of Various Manures on the Growth of Wheat
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Hall, A. D.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Manures, Fertilizers, Agriculture, Wheat--Research
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Man sealing platinum wires into an incandescent light bulb
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Robertson Electric Lamps, Ltd.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Electric lighting, Textbooks, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Platinum
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Man wearing a breathing apparatus
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Siebe, Gorman & Company
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Breathing apparatus, Textbooks
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Candle molding factory with workers
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Price's Patent Candle Company, Limited
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Candlemaking, Textbooks, Candle industry
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Frontispiece: Scene from the Hamstead Colliery mining disaster of 1908
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
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Water pipelines for the British Aluminum Company
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work British Aluminium Company
- Subject Aluminum, Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Aluminum plants, British Aluminium Company, Water, Water-power
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Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
- The Book of the Secrets of Nature or of the Quintessence
- 1498
… (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), the famous Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic. Notably, the author of this work used large … transmutation of metals, and the artificial production of precious stones. …
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110 items
Trois Traitez de la Philosophie Naturelle non Encore Imprimez
- Three Treaties of Natural Philosophy Not Yet in Print
- 1612
…wife, Perrenelle Flamel (1320-1397), inspired the search for the philosopher’s stone that became the mania of the fifteenth century. This influence…
- Contributor Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Flamel, Nicolas, -1418
- Publisher Marette, Guillaume
- Author Artephius, Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
- Subject Flamel, Nicolas, -1418, Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Alchemy, Alchemists, Occultism, Occultists, Emblems, Symbolism
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The effects of chemical fetilizers upon crops and farmland
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies…
- Author Philip, James Charles
- Creator Of Work Royal Agricultural Society of England, Lawes Agricultural Trust
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Fertilizers, Agriculture
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The Discovery of Phosphorus
- 1775
…painting's full original title is “The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Pether, William
- Subject Chemiluminescence, Phosphorus, Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Pether, William
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III. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IX. Clavis
- Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VI. Clavis
- Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VIII. Clavis
- Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XII. Clavis
- Twelfth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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II. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VII. Clavis
- Seventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
Bound volume contains a collection of alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus).
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IV. Clavis
- Fourth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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Prima Clavis
- First Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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X. Clavis
- Tenth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XI. Clavis
- Eleventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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Alchemical laboratory
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
This 17th-century engraving is from Thomas Norton's The Ordinall of Alchimy and was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library). Norton, a practicing alchemist, depicts an…
- Author Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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Alchemical master and disciple
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
This 17th-century engraving is from Thomas Norton's The Ordinall of Alchimy and was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library). Norton, a practicing alchemist, depicts the…
- Author Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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A Table of Chymicall & Philosophicall Charecters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chymicall Authors both Printed & Manuscript
- A Table of Chemical & Philosophical Characters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chemical Authors both Printed and Manuscript
- 1671
Table of alchemical symbols from The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet. These and other symbols are common throughout alchemical literature and were used to denote some…
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Alchemy, Chemistry--Abbreviations