CONTENTS.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
CHAP.
I.
THE EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL CHANGES GIVEN BY GREEK THINKERS
II.
A SKETCH OF ALCHEMICAL THEORY
21
III.
THE ALCHEMICAL NOTION OF THE UNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF NATURE
37
IV.
THE ALCHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES
45
V.
THE ALCHEMICAL ESSENCE
58
VI.
ALCHEMY AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ART
79
VII.
THE LANGUAGE OF ALCHEMY
96
VIII.
THE DEGENERACY OF ALCHEMY
105
IX.
PARACELSUS, AND SOME OTHER ALCHEMISTS
115
X.
SUMMARY OF THE ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE—THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALCHEMISTS BY THE SINGLE PRINCIPLE OF PHLOGISTON
122
XI.
THE EXAMINATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF COMBUSTION
140
XII.
THE RECOGNITION OF CHEMICAL CHANGES AS THE INTERACTIONS OF DEFINITE SUBSTANCES
157
XIII.
THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS CONTRASTED WITH THE ALCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
165