Examples of alchemist in the following topics:
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Particle Accelerator
- Alchemists pursued the philosopher's stone, capable of the transformation of base metals into gold.
- The impossibility of the metallic transmutation had been debated amongst alchemists, philosophers, and scientists since the Middle Ages.
- The disintegration of atoms is a distinct process involving much greater energies than could be achieved by alchemists.
- They'll have our heads off as alchemists."
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Naming Familiar Inorganic Compounds
- Medieval European alchemists prepared it by roasting "green vitriol" (iron (II) sulfate) in an iron retort.
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Historical Background
- Just as the alchemists sought to transmute base metals into gold, early organic chemists were drawn to the isolation or preparation of rare dyes, exotic perfumes and unusual spices, often worth more than their weight in gold.
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Properties of Nitrogen
- Alchemists knew nitric acid as aqua fortis (strong water).
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Early Models of the Atom
- Alchemists discovered and rediscovered many facts but did not make them broadly available.
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Development of the Periodic Table
- Alchemists were influenced by international trade, especially along the Silk Road between China and Europe.
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The Qin Dynasty
- He became increasingly obsessed with immortality and employed many alchemists and sorcerers.
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The Hohenzollerns
- He granted governance of Brandenburg to his eldest son John the Alchemist, while retaining the electoral dignity for himself.
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Christine de Pizan
- Following her birth, Thomas de Pizan accepted an appointment to the court of Charles V of France, as the king's astrologer, alchemist, and physician.
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Arts and Sciences
- Under the tuition of Grosseteste and inspired by the writings of Arab alchemists who had preserved and built upon Aristotle's portrait of induction, Bacon described a repeating cycle of observation, hypothesis, and experimentation, and the need for independent verification.