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Chemistry - History

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  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
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Catalogue

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    The public image of chemistry / edited by Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Brigitte Van Tiggelen.

    | Date: [2007], ©2007
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    • Online

    Nouveau cours de chymie, suivant les principes de Newton et de Sthall [sic] Avec un discours historique sur l'origine et les progrez de la chymie ... / [Jean Baptiste Sénac].

    Senac, M. de (Jean-Baptiste), 1693-1770. | Date: 1723
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    The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements / Sam Kean.

    Kean, Sam. | Date: 2010
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    Mediaeval Arabic bookmaking and its relation to early chemistry and pharmacology / Martin Levey.

    Muʻizz ibn Bādīs, Prince of Africa, 1007 or 1008-1062. | Date: 1962
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    Affinity, that elusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution / Mi Gyung Kim.

    Kim, Mi Gyung. | Date: 2003
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