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Introduction.
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It would be tedious as well as unprofitable were I to enlarge on the loss of nerve-power my labours cost me. The names of the following books will give some idea of the amount of literary work alone to be done before one can hope to acquire anything but a superficial knowledge of the great subject.
- Roger Bacon, Thesaurus Chemicus, 8vo, Francof., 1603.
- Francis Bacon Lord Verulam, Hist. of Metals, vol., London, 1670.
- J. J. Becher, Opera Omnia, Francof., 1680.
- Chymia Philosophica, 8vo, Nuremberg, 1639.
- John Espagnet, Enchiridion Philosophiæ Hermeticæ, Paris, 1638.
- Robert Fludd, Clavis Alchimiæ, 2 vols., Francof.
- T. R. Glauber, Works, Chemistry, fol. London, 1689.
