Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. NOTE ON PRIMARY SOURCES xi
5. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. ALCHEMY AND CHEMISTRY: A Crucial Note on Terminology and Categories 8
8. CHAPTER I: Boyle Spagyricized 11
9. CHAPTER II: Skeptical of the Sceptical Chymist 27
10. CHAPTER III: The Dialogue on Transmutation, Kinds of Transmutations, and Boyle's Beliefs 63
11. CHAPTER IV: Adepti, Aspirants, and Cheats 91
12. CHAPTER V: Boyle and Alchemical Practice 138
13. CHAPTER V: I Motivations: Truth, Medicine, and Religion 181
14. EPILOGUE: A NEW BOYLE AND A NEW ALCHEMY 214
15. APPENDIX 1: Robert Boyle's Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals 223
16. APPENDIX 2: Interview Accounts of Transmutation and Prefaces to Boyle's Other Chrysopoetic Writings 296
17. APPENDIX 3: Dialogue on the Converse with Angels Aided by the Philosophers' Stone 310
18. WORKS CITED 319
19. INDEX 335