SECTION III. — HISTORY. II3

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*Storia della chimica da Lavoisier fino al 1840. Milano, 1886. pp.63, i6mo.
Biblioteca del popolo, vol. 201.
Gilbert.
Coup d'oeil sur les poisons et les sciences occultes, depuis I'antiquit^ jusqu'au XVIIIe siecle. Moulins, 1S77. 8vo.
Gilbert, Ludovicus Guilielmus.
Dissertatio historico-critica de mistionum chemicarum simplicibus et perpetuis rationibus, etc. Sect. I. Lipsiae, 181 1. 8vo.
GiLDEMEISTER, J.
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The learned author discusses the etymology of the word elixir, and shows that it signifies the substance capable of effecting transmutations, or the so-called Philosophers Stone. The citations are in Arabic text. He identifies the celebrated alchemist Artephius with the poet Al-Toghrai.
GiSH, J. B.
Recent Advances in Chemistry, In Trans. M. Soc. Kansas. Lawrence, 1879. Vol. XIII, pp. 78-82.
Gladstone, J. H.
The Birth of Alchemy. In The Argonaut, January, 1876, p. i.
An interesting sketch of Chinese alchemical knowledge in remote times.
Gmelin, Johann Friedrich.
*AllgemeineGeschichteder Gifte. DreiTheile. Leipzig, 1776-7. pp. 350 ; 8-316 ; [xvi]-525 -\- sixteen pages of errata ! i2mo.