Alchemy tried in the fire : Starkey, Boyle, and the fate of Helmontian chymistry /

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Author / Creator:	Newman, William R., 1955-
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Boyle, Robert, -- 1627-1691. Starkey, George, -- 1627-1665. Boyle, Robert, -- 1627-1691 Starkey, George, -- 1627-1665 Chemistry -- England -- History -- 17th century. Alchemy -- History. Alchemy. Chemistry. History, 17th Century -- England. Chemistry -- England -- History. Alchemy -- England. Chemistry -- history. Alchemy. History, 17th Century. England. England. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234329

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Other authors / contributors:	Principe, Lawrence.
ISBN:	9780226577050 0226577058 0226577112 9780226577111
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Winner of the 2005 Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society. €. What actually took place in the private laboratory of a mid-seventeenth century alchemist? How did he direct his quest after the secrets of Nature? What instruments and theoretical principles did he employ?. Using, as their guide, the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin as their guide, Newman and Principe reveal the hitherto hidden labo.
Other form:	Print version: Newman, William Royall. Alchemy tried in the fire. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002 0226577112

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