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Alchemy: From Myth to Modern Chemistry by Hasriaton Padmi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
- Alchemy was the predecessor of modern chemistry, and was based on the philosophical and scientific practices of the time between 1400-1600. It aimed to transform base metals like lead and mercury into gold. - The earliest works were by English monk Roger Bacon and German philosopher St. Albertus Magnus, who believed gold was the perfect metal and base metals differed only in degrees of imperfection. They asserted base metals could be transformed into gold using the "philosopher
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- Hasriaton Padmi
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- EN