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The Corning Museum of Glass's "Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750" exhibit uncovers alchemy's valuable contributions to the art and science of glassmaking.
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But it was during this period that some of alchemy's practitioners began to transform from "mystics to chemists," said David Whitehouse, the museum's executive director, who leads a free tour on Wednesday mornings.
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As concerns the origin of alchemy, therefore, the argument as to suitability of language appears to support my own theory; it being open to assume that after formulation -- that is, in alchemy's latter days -- chemical nomenclature and theories were employed by certain writers to veil heterodox religious doctrine.
Bygone Beliefs 1969
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Principe-all of whom have joined the ranks of historians, humanists, and philosophers of science that cite alchemy's profound influence on the beginnings of modern chemistry in calling for a reappraisal of its historical significance.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Principe-all of whom have joined the ranks of historians, humanists, and philosophers of science that cite alchemy's profound influence on the beginnings of modern chemistry in calling for a reappraisal of its historical significance.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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The Victorian fad for the occult, which gripped much of Europe and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, claimed alchemy for itself, appealing to people who saw alchemy's mystical transformations as a metaphor for the purification of the soul, and who wanted to find a font of deep wisdom outside the science of the time.
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If alchemy's achievements can sometimes seem accidental, its practices and their approach were deliberate, and often notably scientific in spirit.
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Principe-all of whom have joined the ranks of historians, humanists, and philosophers of science that cite alchemy's profound influence on the beginnings of modern chemistry in calling for a reappraisal of its historical significance.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Science is also no stranger to alchemy's immensity of ambition.
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The British historian Brian Vickers recently published a harsh critique of both Principe and Newman, saying their new published histories of alchemy willfully "airbush out of the record" alchemy's embarrassing qualities - its obsession with the occult; its long history of public failures.
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