: Alchemy: Ancient and Modern Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines and Their Relations to Mysticism on the One Hand and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachin

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? 1. The Aim of Alchemy 1 ? 2. The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy 2 ? 3. Failure of the Transcendental Theory 3 ? 4. The Qualifications of the Adept 4 ? 5. Alchemistic Language 5 ? 6. Alchemists of a Mystical Type 7 ? 7. The Meaning of Alchemy 7 ? 8. Opinions of other Writers 8 ? 9. The Basic Idea of Alchemy 10 ? 10. The Law of Analogy 12 ? 11. The Dual Nature of Alchemy 13 ? 12. "Body, Soul and Spirit" 14 ? 13. Alchemy, Mysticism and Modern Science 15

? 14. Supposed Proofs of Transmutation 17 ? 15. The Alchemistic Elements 18 ? 16. Aristotle's Views regarding the Elements 19 ? 17. The Sulphur-Mercury Theory 20 ? 18. The Sulphur-Mercury-Salt Theory 22 ? 19. Alchemistic Elements and Principles 23 ? 20. The Growth of the Metals 25 ? 21. Alchemy and Astrology 26 ? 22. Alchemistic View of the Nature of Gold 27 ? 23. The Philosopher's Stone 29 ? 24. The Nature of the Philosopher's Stone 30 ? 25. The Theory of Development 32 ? 26. The Powers of the Philosopher's Stone 34 ? 27. The Elixir of Life 35 ? 28. The Practical Methods of the Alchemists 36

? 46. Paracelsus 58 ? 47. Views of Paracelsus 60 ? 48. Iatro-chemistry 61 ? 49. The Rosicrucian Society 62 ? 50. Thomas Charnock 65 ? 51. Andreas Libavius 66 ? 52. Edward Kelley and John Dee 67 ? 53. Henry Khunrath 70 ? 54. Alexander Sethon and Michael Sendivogius 70 ? 55. Michael Maier 72 ? 56. Jacob Boehme 74 ? 57. J. B. van Helmont and F. M. van Helmont 75 ? 58. Johann Rudolf Glauber 77 ? 59. Thomas Vaughan 77 ? 60. "Eirenaeus Philalethes" and George Starkey 79

? 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry 94 ? 72. The Phlogiston Theory 94 ? 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element 96 ? 74. The Stoichiometric Laws 96 ? 75. Dalton's Atomic Theory 99 ? 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements 102 ? 77. Prout's Hypothesis 102 ? 78. The "Periodic Law" 105 ? 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter 109 ? 80. Proof that the Electrons are not Matter 110 ? 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter 112 ? 82. The Etheric Theory of Matter 113 ? 83. Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms 114 ? 84. Views of Wald and Ostwald 115

? 85. "Modern Alchemy" 117 ? 86. X-Rays and Becquerel Rays 117 ? 87. The Discovery of Radium 118 ? 88. Chemical Properties of Radium 119 ? 89. The Radioactivity of Radium 120 ? 90. The Disintegration of the Radium Atom 122 ? 91. "Induced Radioactivity" 123 ? 92. Properties of Uranium and Thorium 123 ? 93. The Radium Emanation 124 ? 94. The Production of Helium from Emanation 125 ? 95. Nature of this Change 127 ? 96. Is this Change a true Transmutation? 128 ? 97. The Production of Neon from Emanation 130 ? 98. Ramsay's Experiments on Copper 132 ? 99. Further Experiments on Radium and Copper 134 ? 100. Ramsay's Experiments on Thorium and allied Metals 134 ? 101. The Possibility of Making Gold 136 ? 102. The Significance of "Allotropy" 136 ? 103. Conclusion 142

LIST OF PLATES

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PLATE 2. Symbolical Illustration representing the Trinity of Body, Soul and Spirit 15

PLATE 5. Alchemistic Apparatus-- Two forms of apparatus for sublimation 37

PLATE 6. Alchemistic Apparatus-- An Athanor } 38 A Pelican }

PLATE 7. Portrait of Albertus Magnus 44

PLATE 8. Portraits of-- Thomas Aquinas } 52 Nicolas Flamel }

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