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008			971006s1998 nju b 001 0beng
010			_a 97041793
020			_a069101678X (cl : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aQD24.B685 _bP75 1998
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100	1		_aPrincipe, Lawrence. _95602
245	1	4	_aThe aspiring adept : _bRobert Boyle and his alchemical quest : including Boyle's "lost" Dialogue on the transmutation of metals / _cLawrence M. Principe.
246	3	0	_aDialogue on the transmutation of metals
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc1998.
300			_axiv, 339 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-333) and index.
505	0	0	_tAlchemy and Chemistry: A Crucial Note on Terminology and Categories -- _gCh. I. _tBoyle Spagyricized -- _gCh. II. _tSkeptical of the Sceptical Chymist -- _gCh. III. _tThe Dialogue on Transmutation, Kinds of Transmutations, and Boyle's Beliefs -- _gCh. IV. _tAdepti, Aspirants, and Cheats -- _gCh. V. _tBoyle and Alchemical Practice -- _gCh. VI. _tMotivations: Truth, Medicine, and Religion -- _tEpilogue: A New Boyle and a New Alchemy -- _gApp. 1. _tRobert Boyle's Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals -- _gApp. 2. _tInterview Accounts of Transmutation and Prefaces to Boyle's Other Chrysopoetic Writings -- _gApp. 3. _tDialogue on the Converse with Angels Aided by the Philosophers' Stone.
520			_aThe Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus.
520	8		_aHowever, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.
600	1	0	_aBoyle, Robert, _d1627-1691 _xContributions in alchemy. _916186
650		0	_aTransmutation (Chemistry) _916187
650		0	_aChemistry _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y17th century. _916188
700	1	2	_aBoyle, Robert, _d1627-1691. _tDialogue on the transmutation and melioration of metals. _f1998. _916189
740	0	2	_aDialogue on the transmutation and melioration of metals.
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