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Alchemy

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The early analysis of substances which has in modern times developed into chemistry, and which aimed chiefly at the discovery of the philosopher's stone, of a universal solvent, and of the elixir of life; it has been defined to be "an art without art, which has its beginning in falsehood, its middle in toil, and its end in poverty."

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alchemy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alchemy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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