Book V treats historically of alchemy.

Christofle, Charles.
Histoire de la dorure *et de I'argenture 61ectro-chimiques. Avec ap- pendice. Paris, 1851. 8vo.
Chronologische Tabelle fiber wichtige Ereignisse aus der Geschichte der Wissenschaften, besonders der Chemie. In Chemiker- Kalender fur 1889. Berlin, 1889. i6mo.
CiBOT, Pierre Martial.
M^moires concernant I'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, etc. des Chinois, par les missionaires de Pekin. Paris, 1776-1814. 16 vols., 4to.
Contains several articles on the early chemical knowledge of the Chinese, notably on cinnabar and mercury, on borax, on certain minerals, OB pottery, etc., by P. M. C, a Jesuit Missionary in China.