3. Essaying Chymistry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. List of Abbreviations ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. A Merchant of the Marvelous 9
8. 2. A Batavian in Paris 67
9. 3. Essaying Chymistry 131
10. 4. A New Chymical Light 172
11. 5. Chrysopoeia at the Académie and the Palais Royal 232
12. 6. Chymistry in Homberg’s Later Years: Practices, Promises, Poisons, and Prisons 282
13. 7. Homberg’s Legacy 338
14. Epilogue: Homberg and the Transmutations of Chymistry at the Académie 396
15. Note on Sources 415
16. Sources Cited 431
17. Index 455