Modern Science Reader With Special Reference to Chemistry
The book Modern Science Reader With Special Reference to Chemistry was written by author Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806-1854 Here you can read free online of Modern Science Reader With Special Reference to Chemistry book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Modern Science Reader With Special Reference to Chemistry a good or bad book?
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These form, indeed, a jungle of fraud and falsehood. What was true in them was often purposely obscured, since the arcana of the "great art" were too sacred to be openly divulged. Its hierophants were veiled in shadow ; its origin was indicated by dim traditions, trans- mitted by writers acquiescent and uncritical, if not un- candid. M. Berthelot, in the work quoted at the head of this arti- OLD AND NEW ALCHEMY 247 cle, has done what was possible to elucidate the obscurity. His diligent labors ...have brought many confused facts and assertions into their proper sequence, so that we can now, at least, partially understand how the fanatics, knaves, and dupes of Gnostic Egypt came by their mysterious tenets. The superstitions and opinions they embodied proceeded from various sources, and primarily from Babylonia, the hotbed of occultism. The walls of Ecbatana, as described by Herodotus,^ illustrate the connection. They were seven- fold, and vario-tinted, the five outer circuits being embel- lished with the colors distinctive of the several planets, while the inner ramparts glittered in gold and silver to represent the sun and moon.
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