The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry, by M. M. Pattison Muir This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Author: M. M. Pattison Muir Release Date: November 30, 2004 [eBook #14218] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY*** E-text prepared by Feòrag NicBhrìde, Victoria Woosley, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http://www.pgdp.net AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY BY M. M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A. FELLOW AND FORMERLY PRÆLECTOR IN CHEMISTRY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE WITH EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION "It is neither religious nor wise to judge that of which you know nothing." A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby, by PHILALETHES (17th century) Hodder and Stoughton London, New York, Toronto Click here for Table of Contents The Useful Knowledge series Cloth, One Shilling net each List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:— Wireless Telegraphy. By ALFRED T. STORY. A Piece of Coal. By K.A. MARTIN, F.G.