The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings ofChemistry, by M. M. Pattison MuirThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of ChemistryAuthor: M. M. Pattison MuirRelease Date: November 30, 2004 [eBook #14218]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THEBEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY***E-text prepared by Fe rag NicBhr de, Victoria Woosley, and the Project� �Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14218-h.htm or 14218-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h/14218-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h.zip)THE STORY OF ALCHEMY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRYbyM. M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.Fellow and Formerly Pr lector in Chemistry of Gonville and Caius College, �CambridgeWith Eighteen IllustrationsNew and Enlarged EditionHodder and StoughtonLondon, New York, Toronto [Illustration: AN ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY] "It is neither religious nor wise to judge that of which you know nothing."_A Brief ...