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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
Written by M. M. Pattison Muir
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A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cutting edge of the development of modern atomic theory ... and whose developing blind ends we can now see with the advantage of hind sight. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Written over a hundred years ago a really good history of the Transmutation of Alchemy to Chemistry.