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Alchemy Quotes
1,191 words, approx. 4 pages
 Alchemy refers to early forms of the investigation of nature and early philosophical and spiritual disciplines combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Sourced The matter...


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Alchemy Summary
928 words, approx. 3 pages In a general sense, alchemy is perceived as the transformation of a common substance to something rare and valuable. Medieval alchemists are often portrayed as little more than quacks attempting to make gold from lead. This depiction is not entirely...
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Alchemy Summary
329 words, approx. 1 pages Alchemy is a precursor of modern chemistry. It represented the first systematic attempts of people to try to understand the workings of the universe without recourse to religion. There were two main driving forces behind the "science" of...
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Alchemy Summary
18,058 words, approx. 60 pages The vocable alchemia (or some alternate form such as ars chemica) appears in the West from the twelfth century onward in reference to the medieval quest for a means of transmuting base metals into gold, for a universal cure, and for the "elixir...
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Alchemy Summary
1,930 words, approx. 6 pages Alchemists employed both physical procedures and magic to convert base metals, such as lead, into gold, and to create elixirs of eternal life. While alchemy is commonly defined as a field of knowledge developed in Europe from the Middle Ages until the...
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Alchemy Information
2,668 words, approx. 9 pages
 In the history of science, alchemy refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism,...




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 The Boston Globe
Football alchemy
01/28/1996: 372 words, approx. 1 pages An American who wanted to explain his civilization to a foreigner could begin with the fact that 135 million of his compatriots will be watching the Super Bowl this evening. To grasp the meaning of a number that represents half the US population, the...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Financial alchemy
07/11/2005: 336 words, approx. 1 pages The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-11-2005 Financial alchemy -- Youthful saving pays huge dividends later Date: 07-11-2005, Monday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions The magic of compound interest is one of the planet's great natural wonders. Today's newest college graduates...
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 The New York Observer
Wohl Goes Woo-Woo! Socialite Denise, Mother of Arden, Shills ‘Spiritual’ Comic Book
11/20/2007: 353 words, approx. 1 pages Denise Wohl, mother of headband-wearing alterna-socialite Arden, has started a new comic book company, Intrinsic Comics, hiring James Shooter, the former editor in chief of Marvel Comics, where she used to work as a letterer, to help realize her vision.At an Accompanied Literary Society...
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Rescued American sailor recalls ordeal
1/9/2008: 363 words, approx. 1 pages After struggling for weeks aboard his storm-damaged yacht, American sailor William P. Archer III watched his sailboat sink into the ocean — just as he was rescued by a passing tanker in rough seas off the Bahamas.Archer, who had been attempting a solo Atlantic crossing,...


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