Ionized particles, condensation chambers, simple cans, sponges… finding the proper 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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Pierre Curie Point and the Alchemical Last Cooking
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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Loïc Tréhédel recommends the photochemical reaction at the base of Nicéphore Niépce’s discovery of photography to solar Alchemy researchers.
[Read more…] about Loïc Tréhédel and Nicéphore Niépce’s PhotochemistryA Very Ancient Method to Shatter Carbonate Rocks
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 RocksRaimondo di Sangro and the Philosophical Candle. Part 2
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