alchymists

_Subterranean World_, in which he called the alchymists a congregation of knaves and impostors, and their science a delusion.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851

Kircher the Jesuit, whose quarrel with the alchymists was the means of exposing many of their impostures, was a firm believer in the efficacy of the magnet.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851

With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth, and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time, and exchanged the discoveries of recent enquirers for the dreams of forgotten alchymists.

Chapter 3 2010

I replied carelessly; and, partly in contempt, mentioned the names of my alchymists as the principal authors I had studied.

Chapter 3 2010

But he feared that the alchymists would never understand the blunder; they might even think dividing the fleet was logical.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

It would be even worse if the alchymists bespoke the authorities in Rockport to confirm his story.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

In the sixteenth century, we boast of no less than a dozen alchymists.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

The queen fled from the room in a panic, screaming for the alchymists. twenty-three

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

In the sixteenth century, we boast of no less than a dozen alchymists.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

I understand that certain of them were fumed by alchymists to prevent their fading.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003