... a bad reputation that lasted for centuries. Their reputation formed the typical stereotype of the alchemist. While alchemists were merely wasting their time transforming elements by attempting to change base metals into gold, they did encourage the means of modern day science. Therefore, alchemists were not charlatans. Alchemy was studied by some of the "greats of science" such as, Isaac Newton and Robert ... Boyle. "Behind the baffling terminology and mystical allusion, we see revealed a ... long and ancient line of philosophers and experimenters searching for secrets far more preciou...

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