Alchemy: Ancient and Modern: Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

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§ 61. Did the Alchemists achieve the _Magnum Opus_? 81 § 62. The Testimony of van Helmont 82 § 63. The Testimony of Helvetius 83 § 64. Helvetius obtains the Philosopher’s Stone 85 § 65. Helvetius performs a Transmutation 87 § 66. Helvetius’s Gold Assayed 88 § 67. Helvetius’s Gold Further Tested 88 § 68. The Genesis of Chemistry 89 § 69. The Degeneracy of Alchemy 90 § 70. “Count Cagliostro” 91