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100 1 $aPrincipe, Lawrence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84003556
245 14 $aThe aspiring adept :$bRobert Boyle and his alchemical quest : including Boyle's "lost" Dialogue on the transmutation of metals /$cLawrence M. Principe.
246 30 $aDialogue on the transmutation of metals
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axiv, 339 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-333) and index.
505 00 $tAlchemy and Chemistry: A Crucial Note on Terminology and Categories --$gCh. I.$tBoyle Spagyricized --$gCh. II.$tSkeptical of the Sceptical Chymist --$gCh. III.$tThe Dialogue on Transmutation, Kinds of Transmutations, and Boyle's Beliefs --$gCh. IV.$tAdepti, Aspirants, and Cheats --$gCh. V.$tBoyle and Alchemical Practice --$gCh. VI.$tMotivations: Truth, Medicine, and Religion --$tEpilogue: A New Boyle and a New Alchemy --$gApp. 1.$tRobert Boyle's Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals --$gApp. 2.$tInterview Accounts of Transmutation and Prefaces to Boyle's Other Chrysopoetic Writings --$gApp. 3.$tDialogue on the Converse with Angels Aided by the Philosophers' Stone.
520 $aThe Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus.
520 8 $aHowever, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.
600 10 $aBoyle, Robert,$d1627-1691.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006775
650 0 $aAlchemy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003265
650 0 $aTransmutation (Chemistry)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136990
650 0 $aChemistry$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y17th century.
700 12 $aBoyle, Robert,$d1627-1691.$tDialogue on the transmutation and melioration of metals.$f1998.
740 02 $aDialogue on the transmutation and melioration of metals.
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