The Transmutations of Chymistry: Wilhelm Homberg and the Académie Royale Des Sciences

by Lawrence M. Principe

This book reevaluates the changes to chymistry that took place from 1660 to 1730 through a close study of the chymist Wilhelm Homberg (1653-1715) and the changing fortunes of his discipline at the Acad mie Royale des Sciences, France's official scientific body. By charting Homberg's remarkable life from Java to France's royal court, and his endeavor to create a comprehensive theory of chymistry (including alchemical transmutation), Lawrence M. Principe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022670078X
• ISBN13: 9780226700786
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"