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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer M. RamplingSeries:SynthesisPublish date:2023-03-08Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226826547ISBN-10:226826546UPC:9780226826547Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Europe, ChemistryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCKRM4TM46
The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700
A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such...
Series: Synthesis
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226826547ISBN-10:226826546UPC:9780226826547Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Europe, ChemistryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCKRM4TM46
Jennifer M. Rampling is associate professor of history at Princeton University.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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