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CONTENTS
ОглавлениеCHAPTER I. THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY
§ 2. The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy
§ 3. Failure of the Transcendental Theory
§ 4. The Qualifications of the Adept
§ 6. Alchemists of a Mystical Type
§ 8. Opinions of other Writers
§ 9. The Basic Idea of Alchemy
§ 11. The Dual Nature of Alchemy
§ 13. Alchemy, Mysticism and Modern Science
CHAPTER II. THE THEORY OF PHYSICAL ALCHEMY
§ 14. Supposed Proofs of Transmutation
§ 15. The Alchemistic Elements
§ 16. Aristotle’s Views regarding the Elements
§ 17. The Sulphur-Mercury Theory
§ 18. The Sulphur-Mercury-Salt Theory
§ 19. Alchemistic Elements and Principles
§ 20. The Growth of the Metals
§ 22. Alchemistic View of the Nature of Gold
§ 24. The Nature of the Philosopher’s Stone
§ 25. The Theory of Development
§ 26. The Powers of the Philosopher’s Stone
§ 28. The Practical Methods of the Alchemists
CHAPTER III. THE ALCHEMISTS (A. BEFORE PARACELSUS)
§ 33. Other Arabian Alchemists
§ 41. “Basil Valentine” and the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony
CHAPTER IV. THE ALCHEMISTS (B. PARACELSUS AND AFTER)
§ 52. Edward Kelley and John Dee
§ 54. Alexander Sethon and Michael Sendivogius
§ 57. J. B. van Helmont and F. M. van Helmont
§ 59. Thomas Vaughan (“Eugenius Philalethes”)
§ 60. “Eirenæus Philalethes” and George Starkey
CHAPTER V. THE OUTCOME OF ALCHEMY
§ 61. Did the Alchemists achieve the Magnum Opus?
§ 62. The Testimony of van Helmont
§ 63. The Testimony of Helvetius
§ 64. Helvetius obtains the Philosopher’s Stone
§ 65. Helvetius performs a Transmutation
§ 66. Helvetius’s Gold Assayed
§ 67. Helvetius’s Gold Further Tested
§ 68. The Genesis of Chemistry
§ 69. The Degeneracy of Alchemy
CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY
§ 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry
§ 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element
§ 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements
§ 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter
§ 80. Proof that the Electrons are not Matter
§ 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter
§ 82. The Etheric Theory of Matter
§ 83. Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms
§ 84. Views of Wald and Ostwald
§ 86. X-Rays and Becquerel Rays
§ 88. Chemical Properties of Radium
§ 89. The Radioactivity of Radium
§ 90. The Disintegration of the Radium Atom
§ 92. Properties of Uranium and Thorium
§ 94. The Production of Helium from Emanation
§ 96. Is this Change a true Transmutation?
§ 97. The Production of Neon from Emanation
§ 98. Ramsay’s Experiments on Copper
§ 99. Further Experiments on Radium and Copper
§ 100. Ramsay’s Experiments on Thorium and allied Metals
§ 101. The Possibility of Making Gold
§ 102. The Significance of “Allotropy”
PORTRAIT OF PARACELSUS
