ISBN: 9780486262987 - Alchemy (dover Books on Engineering) (13 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Dover Publications, 1990. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Unabridged & unaltered republication of 1957 ed with no inscriptions or creases. A clean, tight, bright copy of 288pp. incl text figs & plates **Ships from UK**.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. null Dover Publication. New York. 1990. 22 cm. 288 p. : ill. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Reprint. Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin, 1957. Includes bibliographical references and indexes . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 0486262987 (=3742968=) LS173.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The story of the fascination of gold and the attempts of chemists, mystics and charlatans to find the Philosophers' Stone. Dover Publications Inc., New York, USA - first published by in 1990. illus 288 + 16pp adverts pb pict red covers, covers faded, vg.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 8vo (21.5 cm), 288, [16] pp. Laminated wrappers. "Ranging over two millennia of alchemical history, Mr. Holmyard shows how, like astrology and witchcraft, alchemy was an integral part of the pre-scientific moral order, arousing the cupidity of princes, the blind fear of mobs and the intellectual curiosity of learned men. Eventually, however, with the advent and ascension of the scientific method, the hopes and ideas of the alchemists faded to the status of "pseudo-science." That transformation, as well as alchemy's undeniable role as a precursor of modern chemistry, are brilliantly illuminated in this book. Students of alchemy, chemistry, the history of science, and the occult, plus anyone interested in the origin and evolution of one of mankind's most enduring and influential myths, will want to have a copy of this masterly study." (from the publisher's description).…