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... terms their possession of the secret . Rescued from the obscure jargon of the language in which these descriptions were veiled , the opinions of * Hermes Trismegistus . the alchemists as relates to the composition of metals , 4 GENERAL ...
... terms their possession of the secret . Rescued from the obscure jargon of the language in which these descriptions were veiled , the opinions of * Hermes Trismegistus . the alchemists as relates to the composition of metals , 4 GENERAL ...
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... term as insanity that belief in an elixir which should be capable of extending the life of man , in his corporeal form , beyond the limits allotted to mortality . Having started from the basis of considering gold a noble metal ...
... term as insanity that belief in an elixir which should be capable of extending the life of man , in his corporeal form , beyond the limits allotted to mortality . Having started from the basis of considering gold a noble metal ...
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... term " gas " to designate all fluids permanently aëreal under common temperatures and pressures , not being atmospheric air . Like Para- celsus , Van Helmont believed in the existence of the Archæus , a spirit or dæmon , whose duty it ...
... term " gas " to designate all fluids permanently aëreal under common temperatures and pressures , not being atmospheric air . Like Para- celsus , Van Helmont believed in the existence of the Archæus , a spirit or dæmon , whose duty it ...
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... term not involving any theory , but merely expressing an ultimate fact . As the recognition of the physical nature of aëreal fluids and a discrimination between gaseous bodies first dates from the period of Van Helmont and Galileo ...
... term not involving any theory , but merely expressing an ultimate fact . As the recognition of the physical nature of aëreal fluids and a discrimination between gaseous bodies first dates from the period of Van Helmont and Galileo ...
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... term should be a multiple by a whole number . When we come to examine the volume as well as the weight of bodies entering into chemical combination , a definite order of progression will again be recog- nisable . Taking for instance the ...
... term should be a multiple by a whole number . When we come to examine the volume as well as the weight of bodies entering into chemical combination , a definite order of progression will again be recog- nisable . Taking for instance the ...
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