The experimental fire : inventing English alchemy, 1300-1700 / Jennifer M. Rampling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rampling, Jennifer M., author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)

Synthesis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--England--History.

Alchemy.

Chemistry--England--Experiments--History.

Chemistry.

Chemistry--Experiments.

History.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Summary:

"By reconstructing the alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes of the late medieval and early modern periods in England, following Roger Bacon, George Ripley, John Dee, Robert Boyle, and many others, Jennifer Rampling reveals how alchemical ideas were continually copied and reworked. She maps, over four centuries, their long-term evolution and the influence of the methods of alchemy's many and varied practitioners. Rampling restores the alchemist's reputation as a serious experimentalist who actually knew his chemistry and made significant discoveries, and from this we see how English alchemy fits within the wider history of European science, medicine, and culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Medieval Origins of English Alchemy

1. Philosophers and Kings

2. Medicine and Transmutation

3. Opinion and Experience

pt. II The Golden Age of English Alchemy

4. Dissolution and Reformation

5. Nature and Magic

6. Time and Money

pt. III The Legacy of Medieval Alchemy in Early Modern England

7. Recovery and Revision

8. Home and Abroad

9. Antiquity and Experiment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780226710709

022671070X

OCLC:

1117631852

Publisher Number:

99986280389