Alchemistic Hypotheses HWLN 01 009

2021-08-15T00:00:00Z

Alchemistic Hypotheses "Alchemy was both a philosophy and an experimental science, and the transmutation of the metals was its end only in that this would give the final proof of the alchemistic hypotheses; in other words, Alchemy, considered from the physical standpoint, was the attempt to demonstrate experimentally on the material plane the validity of a certain philosophical view of the Cosmos" (p. 1). Redgrove, H. Stanley. Alchemy: Ancient and Modern. William Rider, 1911. https://archive.org/details/herbert-s.-redgrove-alchemy-ancient-and-modern