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Here followeth the Figure conteyning [containing] all the secrets of the Treatise both great & small

  • 1652 (MDCLII)

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Engraved diagram from George Ripley's The Compound of Alchymie. Known as Ripley's Wheel, the drawing depicts concentric planetary spheres along with his alchemical recipes.

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Ashmole, Elias. “Here Followeth the Figure Conteyning [Containing] All the Secrets of the Treatise Both Great & Small.” In Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. London, England: John Grismond, 1652. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/0c483k14n.

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