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  • curprev 01:5901:59, 18 February 2022 ELApro talk contribs 35,900 bytes +1,622 Quotes: Humphry Davy, 'The Collected Works...' Vol. 4, pp. 364-365: This sublime chemical speculation sanctioned by..Hooke, Newton &Boscovich, must not be confounded with the ideas..alchemists..Those who have..defended the chimera of the philosopher's stone, have been either impostors, or men deluded by impostors..the dreams of alchemical visionaries..professed an art without principles, the beginning..was deceit, the progress delusion..& the end poverty undo

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  • curprev 21:2721:27, 2 January 2021 ELApro talk contribs 34,239 bytes +551 Quotes: Jonson, The Alchemist (1610): No egg but differs from a chicken more Than metals in themselves..The egg's ordained..a chicken in 'potentia'..The same we say of lead..'twere absurd To think that nature..bred gold..Perfect in the instant.. undo

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  • curprev 22:0822:08, 1 January 2021 ELApro talk contribs 33,688 bytes +117 Quotes: extended Stephanus of Alexandria quote: The elements..grow and are transmuted, because it is their qualities, not their substances, which are contrary. undo
  • curprev 22:0322:03, 1 January 2021 ELApro talk contribs 33,571 bytes +716 Quotes: Stephanus of Alexandria (c. 620 A.D.) AsQby Muir, 'A History of Chemical Theories and Laws' (1907) p. 5, citing Berthelot, 'Les Origines de l'Alkimie' (1885) pp. 276-277: necessary to deprive matter of its qualities..to draw out its soul. Copper..has a soul [subtile, tinctorial spirit] and a [ponderable, material, terrestrial] body. After suitable treatments copper becomes without shadow/better than gold undo
  • curprev 19:4119:41, 1 January 2021 ELApro talk contribs 32,855 bytes −424 Quotes: Moved ShakespeareFan00 quotes (4) under separate header "Isis Unveiled (1877)" undo
  • curprev 17:1317:13, 1 January 2021 ELApro talk contribs 33,279 bytes +876 Quotes: minor edits + Berthelot, 'Les Origines de l'Alkimie' (1885) AsQby Muir, 'A History of Chemical Theories and Laws' (1): Chemistry..has to do with alchemy, which pretended to enrich its adepts..teaching..to manufacture gold and silver..panacea..perfect felicity..identifying.. with the soul of the world and the universal spirit undo

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  • curprev 07:3007:30, 19 December 2020 ELApro talk contribs 32,403 bytes +761 Quotes: 'De Augmentis Scientiarum' (1623) asQby Thorpe, 'History of Chemistry' (1) Credulity in arts and opinions..sciences that sway the imagination more than reason..astrology, natural magic & alchemy..compared to the man who told his sons..gold buried..in his vineyard..found no gold, but..by turning up the mould..vines procured a plentiful vintage..brought many useful inventions to light. undo

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  • curprev 03:1203:12, 6 May 2018 CensoredScribe talk contribs 12,381 bytes +39 This tagline is in every episode of the highly acclaimed show about said concept in the title, I'm not sure if any manga or anime quotes (excepting films) are actually considered notable, if this one isn't than I imagine none of them are. undo

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