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Author:
Rampling, Jennifer M., author.
Title:
The experimental fire : inventing English alchemy, 1300-1700 / Jennifer M. Rampling.
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xvii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Alchemy--England--History.
Chemistry--England--History.--History.
Alchemy.
England.
History.
Notes:
Published in hardcover: 2020. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: What is mercury? -- The medieval origins of English alchemy ; Philosophers and kings ; Medicine and transmutation ; Opinion and experience -- The golden age of English alchemy ; Dissolution and reformation ; Nature and magic ; Time and money -- The legacy of medieval alchemy in early modern England ; Recovery and revision ; Home and abroad ; Antiquity and experiment.
Series:
Synthesis
ISBN:
0226826546
9780226826547
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1346349853
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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