A Short History of ChemistryFrom the use of metals by prehistoric man to the alchemical experiments of medieval and renaissance man to the complex chemical skills of contemporary man, Asimov traces the development of this building block of our technological world. |
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... gold , but this may not ac- tually have represented fakery . It is possible to alloy copper with the metal zinc , for instance , to form brass , which has the yellow color of gold . It is quite likely that the preparation of a gold ...
... gold , but this may not ac- tually have represented fakery . It is possible to alloy copper with the metal zinc , for instance , to form brass , which has the yellow color of gold . It is quite likely that the preparation of a gold ...
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... gold would have been even if that metal could have been pro- duced by transmutation . Gold's value would have disappeared as soon as it was no longer rare , whereas the mineral acids are the more valuable the cheaper and more plentiful ...
... gold would have been even if that metal could have been pro- duced by transmutation . Gold's value would have disappeared as soon as it was no longer rare , whereas the mineral acids are the more valuable the cheaper and more plentiful ...
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... gold was an important end of chemical study . A more specialized textbook was produced in 1604 by a German publisher named Johann Thölde ( concerning whom nothing is otherwise known ) . He ascribed the book to a medieval monk named ...
... gold was an important end of chemical study . A more specialized textbook was produced in 1604 by a German publisher named Johann Thölde ( concerning whom nothing is otherwise known ) . He ascribed the book to a medieval monk named ...
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THE SCIENCE STUDY SERIES | 1 |
ALCHEMY | 15 |
Revival in Europe | 23 |
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