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Alchemy: Encyclopedia - Alchemy
Alchemy is an early protoscientific and philosophical discipline combining the elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astr...
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Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - History
Alchemy encompasses several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and three continents. These traditions' general penchan...
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Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Overview
Alchemy - Alchemy as a proto-science.
The common perception of alchemists is that they were pseudo-scientists, crackpots and charlatans...
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Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Alchemy In Art And Entertainment
Alchemy - Literature.
Many authors lampooned alchemists and used them as the butt of satirical attacks. Two famous examples of these in...
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Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Etymology
The word alchemy comes from the Arabic al-kīmiyaˀ or al-khīmiyaˀ (الكيمياء or الخيمياء), which is probably formed fro...
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