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Alchemy works translations, commentaries, and presentations of hidden evidence in myths, art, nature, science history

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Alchemy & Science History

The Cloud Chamber

by Iulia Millesima

Ionized particles, condensation chambers, simple cans, sponges… finding the right position next to a window… I think an alchemist always has something to learn from inspirational readings. Cloud chamber models for detecting nuclear events from Clair L. Stong, The Scientific American book of projects for the amateur scientist.

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Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: Condensation Chambers

Pierre Curie Point and the Alchemical Last Cooking

by Iulia Millesima

Eugène Canseliet once wrote that Pierre Curie was chasing the Philosophers Stone in all his research from magnetism to piezoelectricity and radioactivity.

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Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: Ars Brevis, Curie Pierre, Piezoelectricity

Loïc Tréhédel and Nicéphore Niépce’s Photochemistry

by Iulia Millesima

Loïc Tréhédel recommends the photochemical reaction at the base of Nicéphore Niépce’s discovery of photography to solar Alchemy researchers.

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Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: Ars Brevis, Electricity, Photochemistry, Solar Alchemy, Tréhédel Loïc

A Very Ancient Method to Shatter Carbonate Rocks

by Iulia Millesima

In his dreadful crossing of the Alps, Hannibal Barkas removed a gigantic rock by breaking it with an ancient method: the same often used by alchemists. [Read more…] about A Very Ancient Method to Shatter Carbonate Rocks

Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: Carbonates, Vinegar

Raimondo di Sangro and the Philosophical Candle. Part 2

by Iulia Millesima

Raimondo di Sangro reveals the origin of the salts involved in the fiery substance: human skull bones. But not a traditional chemical processing, of course. [Read more…] about Raimondo di Sangro and the Philosophical Candle. Part 2

Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: Bones, di Sangro Raimondo, Eternal Candle-Lantern, Fire Myths & Legends

Raimondo di Sangro and the Philosophical Candle. Part 1

by Iulia Millesima

Seven letters by Raimondo di Sangro on the discovery of the Philosophical Candle. Maybe the greatest written contribution of prince di San Severo to Alchemy. [Read more…] about Raimondo di Sangro and the Philosophical Candle. Part 1

Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: di Sangro Raimondo, Eternal Candle-Lantern, Fire Myths & Legends

Louis de Broglie and the Memory of an Immortal Particle

by Iulia Millesima

Electrons never die. Their lifetime draws on dimensions we seem to be denied. Can electrons behave as if they had consciousness and memory? [Read more…] about Louis de Broglie and the Memory of an Immortal Particle

Filed Under: Alchemy & Science History Tagged With: de Broglie Louis, Electron

Victor Galippe and the Search of the Rocky Seed

by Iulia Millesima

At the turn of the twentieth century, Victor Galippe experienced the origin of life, taking inspiration from the ancient theories of seeds of rock. [Read more…] about Victor Galippe and the Search of the Rocky Seed

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