Alchemy tried in the fire
George Starkey, Robert Boyle, and the fate of Helmontian chymistry
by William R. Newman, Lawrence Principe & Lawrence M. Principe
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
"How strangely unseasonable is this Melancholy weather! and how tedious a Winter have we endur'd this Summer?"
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism.
Controlled discovery queries from openalex and wellcome matched “alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the title, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, “hermetic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
- “alchemy”· via OpenAlex
- “alchemy”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Alchemy”· in title
- “Alchemy”· in subject
- “hermetic”· in subject
- “Alchemy”· in edition title
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Kabbalah”. Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata.
- “Kabbalah”· via Open Library
- “Kabbalah”· in subject
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Editions
Open Library reports 3 editions; 2 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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OpenAlex scholarly book record | 2002-01-01 | — | English | — | Unknown | |
George Starkey, Robert Boyle, and the fate of Helmontian chymistry Wellcome Collection bibliographic record xiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | 2002 | The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press | English |
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Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Art
- Literature
- Alchemy
- Archeology
- Histoire
- Physical Sciences
- Physics and Astronomy
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- England
- Alchimie
- Chemistry
- 17th century
- Science
- USA
- History of science
- Alchemy - History
- History, 16th Century
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Kabbalah & hermetic thought
- Chimie
- Various Chemistry Research Topics
- History, 17th Century
- Chemistry - History
- History: World
- 1627-1691
- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Boyle, Robert
- American history: c 1500 to c 1800
- Laboratory techniques, experiments
- Chemistry (General)
- c 1600 to c 1700
- Robert Boyle
- Boyle, robert, 1627-1691
- Scientists - General
- George Starkey
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Medicine - History - 17th century
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Identifiers
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- Wellcome
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL9170508W
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