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Lazarus Ercker |
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Alchemist's workshop |
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English: Alchemist's workshop, detail from the Title page ofBeschreibung allerfürnemisten mineralischen Ertzt unnd Bergkwercks Arten : wie dieselbigen, unnd eine jede in Sonderheit jrer Natur und Eigenschafft nach, auss alle Metaln probirt und im kleinen Fewer sollen versucht werden : mit Erklärung etlicher fürnehmer nützlichen Schmeltzwerck, im grossen Fewer auch Scheidung Goldts, Silbers, unnd and erer Metaln : sampt einem Bericht dess Kupffersaigerns, Messing brennens, und Salpeter siedens : auch aller saltzigen Minerischen proben, und was denen allen anhengig : in funff Bücher verfast, dessgleichen zuuorn niemals in Druck kommen. Allen Liebhabern Feuerwerkünste, jungen Probirern und Bergleuten zu Nutz, mit schönen Figuren und Abriss der Instrument, trewlich und fleissig an Tag geben. Auffs newe an vielen Orten mit besserer Aussführing, und mehrern Figurn / erklert durch Lazarum Erckern. by Lazarus Ercker, d. 1594. Frankfurt am Mayn : [Joannem Schmidt in Verlegung Sigmundt Feyerabends], 1580.
The alchemical laboratory—because it had the power to separate precious metals from the baser ones they are typically found with—became an essential feature of the metallurgical enterprise. As the science of matter, alchemy had a wide range of applicability: from the chemical analysis and separation of alloys, to the preparation of powerful corrosives, to the distillation of spirituous essences and delicate oils, to the manufacture of dyes, to the preparation of powerful new medicines. Alchemy’s foundation was built on millennia of practical experience combined with theoretical frameworks that encouraged ongoing experimentation. And as the alchemists’ mastery of the chemical realm increased, so did their confidence that their most ancient goal, the transmutation of baser elements into gold, was within reach. |
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TN664 .E735 1580, Library collections, Science History Institute. |
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