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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cobb, Cathy.     Subjects     Chemistry -- History -- 16th century.     Chemistry -- History -- 17th century.     Alchemy -- History -- 16th century.     Alchemy -- History -- 17th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cobb, Cathy.       by title:      The chemistry of alc...         MARC Display

The chemistry of alchemy : from dragon's blood to donkey dung : how chemistry was forged / Cathy Cobb, Monty L. Fetterolf, and Harold Goldwhite. by Cobb, Cathy. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014. Subjects Chemistry -- History -- 16th century.   Chemistry -- History -- 17th century.   Alchemy -- History -- 16th century.   Alchemy -- History -- 17th century. ISBN:  9781616149154 (hardback) 1616149159 (hardback) Description:  364 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  As the authors show, the writings of medieval alchemists may seem like the ravings of brain-addled fools, but there is more to the story than that. Recent scholarship has shown that some seemingly nonsensical mysticism is, in fact, decipherable code, and Western European alchemists functioned from a firmer theoretical foundation than previously thought. They had a guiding principle, based on experience: separate and purify materials by fire and reconstitute them into products, including, of course, gold and the universal elixir, the Philosophers' stone. Their efforts were not in vain: by trial, by error, by design, and by persistence, the alchemists discovered acids, alkalis, alcohols, salts, and exquisite, powerful, and vibrant reactions--which can be reproduced using common products, minerals, and metals.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 540.112 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kahuku P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 540.112 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 540.112 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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