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| Keywords: Alchemists Workshop detail from Title Page AQ24 (3).tif Lazarus Ercker d 1594 Frankfurt am Mayn Joannem Schmidt in Verlegung Sigmundt Feyerabends 1580 The alchemical laboratory ”because it had the power to separate precious metals from the baser ones they are typically found with ”became an essential feature of the metallurgical enterprise As the science of matter alchemy had a wide range of applicability from the chemical analysis and separation of alloys to the preparation of powerful corrosives to the distillation of spirituous essences and delicate oils to the manufacture of dyes to the preparation of powerful new medicines Alchemy ™s foundation was built on millennia of practical experience combined with theoretical frameworks that encouraged ongoing experimentation And as the alchemists ™ mastery of the chemical realm increased so did their confidence that their most ancient goal the transmutation of baser elements into gold was within reach 1580 engraving Institution Chemical Heritage Foundation object history exhibition history credit line http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation accession number http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1033260~S6 TN664 E735 1580 Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Image downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative CHF-cooperation PD-old-100 Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation Alchemy Alchemy books History of metallurgy technologies Mining Engravings Alchemy in art Alchemists | ||||