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- From: farris@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Lorenzo Farris)
- Newsgroups: alt.magick
- Subject: Re: alchemy (was: Re: Dracula the Alchemist)
- Message-ID: <Jan.21.23.06.26.1993.25103@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 04:06:26 GMT
- References: <JOSHUA.93Jan18110540@bailey.cpac.washington.edu> <1993Jan21.054648.6771@sobeco.com>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- In article <1993Jan21.054648.6771@sobeco.com>, ladislas@sobeco.com (Ladislas A.) writes:
- :This has been said many times in the past.In 1618, Jean-Baptiste Van Helmont,
- :a reknowned scientist who discovered gases, was visited by a stranger who
- :claimed he could prove that any metal could be transmutted into gold using
- :the pilosopher's stone. The stranger gave Van Helmont a small quantity of a
- :reddish, heavy and sparkling powder. He instructed Van Helmont in the way to
- :conduct the experiment and left. Van Helmont used 8 ounces of mercury for the
- :experiment. Once the metal had melted, he wrapped the powder into a piece of
-
- Just one stupid question ;-)
- Was that alchemical mercury, or the actual metal mercury, which is a
- liquid at room temperature?
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