The chemistry of alchemy : from dragon's blood to donkey dung, how chemistry was forged
by Cobb, Cathy (Author), Fetterolf, Monty L. (Author), Goldwhite, Harold (Author)
Summary
"Through the centuries of boiling, bubbling, and brewing, alchemists have been widely regarded as charlatans and thieves rather than as scientists. Even the practical chemists of their times -- miners, assayers, pharmacists, and potters -- judged them as reckless and their ideas, impossible . . . .... Full description
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