This volume brings together papers presented at an international conference at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2006 by over twenty eminent researchers. The

A merchant of the marvelous -- A Batavian in Paris -- Essaying chymistry -- A new chymical light -- Chrysopoeia at the AcadeÌ1mie and the Palais Royal -- Chymi

Reproduction of the original: The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle

Since the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rat

The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle: Considered a cornerstone of modern chemistry, The Sceptical Chymist challenges prevailing alchemical beliefs and lays the