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THE EARLY DAYS OF SCIENCE
Secrets Of The Ancients
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A group of scientists and scholars are, combining for the serious study of alchemy, and early chemistry. Their aim is not to revive the elixir-hunting, mefal-changing enthusiasm of the medieval alchemists, but to investigate much that is anex- plained about the origins of chemical science. ~~
The newly-foundeu Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry is under the chalman-
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stranger sently appear .. a
who- will impart to him the secret which he in turn must reveal to only one other person. There is. London however, reason to belleva that
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Radiofan
(Germ, Engl.)
fessor of
Chemistry at
6.15 p.m. Sign of DJA and DJB University. The society's hono- one early alchemical method was rary secretary is Dr. F. Sherwood | simply that of the goldsmith-to DJE Taylor, Assistant Lecturer in increase the weight of gold' by
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Chemistry.
"We don't know," Dr. Sherwood Taylor explained to a representa tive of The Observer "what the early alchemists were doing, but we do know that, while they were dofhg it. they invented most of our chemical apparatus."
Turning the pages of a rare
debasing it with other metals,
"But, apart from all that, the study of alchemy is of great in- terest both from the point of view of, mystical thought and chemical practice."
edition of Manget's "Bibliotheca DIARY OF LOCAL
Chemica." in which are collected alchemical threatises from the twelfth to the seventeenth cen- tury, he pointed out that the early illustrations depici, side by side with
and mystical designs figures, distillation flasks, water baths, and other chemical appara- tus used to-day.
FROM EGYPT "Aristotle." he said. "meations the method of obtaining fresh wäter by boiling salt water and 10.30 p.m.-The charm of beautiful catching the steam in a sponge
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and Musical Varieties. 11.15 3.m-Sign Of.
That is the only mention of dis- tillation before the alchemists of the first century A.D., when per fected distillation apparatus sur- denly crops up from nowhere t particular.
The most ancient alchemists sald that tnelr knowledge came from early Egypt. That may be, but we can't find any trace of it in Egyption hieroglyphics, The earliest alchemists dived for mast part in Alexandria. the Arabs had taken passisdon of Egypt, the centre of alchemical activity shitted to Byzantium. while at the same time the Arabs themselves became enthusiastic
the After
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Ola Central British School Papils, old School Hall, Nathan Road,
students of alchemy,ja
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p.in. Arab knowledge, of alchemy may have come from Greece, Some
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Period.
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the courtesy of Swan, Culbert-duced alchemy to medieval Europe. son and Fritz.
The Chinese had a knowledge of alchemy from, about 200 BC. What they wanted was not much to make gold as to find the elixir of lite. They believed that gold was a most potent ingredient of the pill of immortality, and that. artificial gold was superior to natural gold But it is't likely that there Is any connection between the Chinese" and Greek tradition.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10.
Anniversaries ΣΙΜΗ
Holidays. St. Eulalia; Celebration of 'Siamese Consti- tutional Day..
Cineglas.
King's "We Weat To College." Quéen « :--"*Grand Jurg," Oriental The Caguarded Hour,” World-Chinese Picture." Alhambra They Met In A Taxi." Majestic Next Time" We Love," Star:-"Evensong,"
Lectores.Theosophical Society, 0.00
"The main object of the Society | p.m.
is to study the beginning's of Mail-Christmas
the seventeenth century. Our air p.m.
Registered Air
chemistry before the real science Mail for Great Britain by Imperial 19 p.m.--Stock quotations in Span-was founded by Robert Boyle in Always Bervice per R.M.A. Dorado, 5. Miscellaneous.--Hong Kong Philatelic is not to help the modern alche-Scoisty's Annual Stamp Exhibition, in mist.. but simply to conduct his- South China Moming Post Building, torical research. Actually there 3.00 to 8.00 p.m.: 5.P.C. Bazaar in are no alchemists in the laboura- St. John's Cathedral Hall, 11a.m.; tory
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sense in this country, al- St. Andrew's Women's Bellowship, 5.00 though they are quite common in P. St. Andrew's Club "Open" the East. I have met an Indian Night, 9.00 p.m.
Bahsarsals.~~A.D.C.Pantomime. Re- student whose uncle had lost quite heart, in Y.M.C.A 8.45 p.m.
a considerable fortune by seeking Social-Civil Service Cricket Club the help of alchemists,
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"a
Whist Drive, 9.00 p.m.; Cheero Club "Before the seventeenth century Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, 8.00 alchemy and chemistry are
in- p.m.
Sports. separable. Alchemy wasn't by any
Hockey.-Brown Cup Hockey: Cen means purely chemistry. Although tra British School "A" Central alchemy was primarily the at British School (C.B.S. "ground), A Pianoforte Recital by Lillan 8.55 am-Talk: Imperial Affairs." tempted production of gold from 2:30 p.m.
Quinn.
9.10 a.m.-"Empire Magazine," base metals, it also became a Snooker. Sicel Coulson's L'orgue: |9.40 am-The News and Announce-mystical system,
P.O. Mess. Bayal Artillery Moss;
menta.
The alchemist worked on his Signals C.U.C. R.N.P. Civil own peculiar theory of
Bervice Cricket Club; KE Mess matter.
0.9. Mesn his iden being that matter had a soul and a body, and that it was to operate by methods. which we should not nowadays The Clan Donald Society pro-describe as physical, .poses to erect a memorial to Fiora "Theoretically, we might believe Macdonald, the Highland heroine to-day that it is possible to trans« who saved from capture, Bonnie mute mercury into gold, but there
Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin). Valse (Mischa Levitzki). Juba (Nathaniel Dett). The two lacks (Lechetiazky),
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HIGHLAND HEROINE posible
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LADY ZETLAND
method. It would have to be done 1748 Prince Charles by violence, such as the bombard- Many villagers were among the Edward Stuart was being sought, ment of matter by the alpha par- 200 gucats af Marske (North adth a price on his head, by Ratioles from radium
Worksy Parish Hall, North York- (co-land Flora Macdonld disguised The old alchemical books don't shire, it the celebration, recently,
him as an Irish peasant woman and explain the full process of trans- of the 85th birthday of the Dow conducted him safely through the mutation. The alchemist in al-ager Marchioness of Zet'and. She Highlands. She was imprisoned ways led to believe that. If he cut a large birthday cake bearing for a year at Leith and London. studies, afligently, there will pre- 85 candles.
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