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631976
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Newman, William R.,1955-
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Gehennical fire : : the lives of George Starkey, an American alchemist in the scientific revolution /\ William R. Newman
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xiv, 348 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0674341716 (acid-free)
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: 9780674341715 (acid-free)
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: 0674434137 (acid-free)
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: 9780674434134 (acid-free)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-337) and index
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| Contents
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1. Starkey in America -- 2. Arcana Maiora: The Hartlib Years (1650-1654) -- 3. The Background to Starkey's Chymistry -- 4. Revelation and Concealment: The Writings of Philalethes -- 5. A Sonne of Contention: 1655-1665 -- 6. Philalethes in Context -- 7. Isaac Newton and Eirenaeus Philalethes -- App. I Starkey's Addresses in England, 1650-1665 -- App. II An Autobiographical Note by George Starkey -- App. III Missing Starkey Manuscripts -- App. IV Robert Boyle's "Excuses of Philaletha" -- App. V A Bibliography of Starkey's Writings
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Reputed to have performed miraculous feats in New Englandrestoring the hair and teeth to an aged lady, bringing a withered peach tree to fruit - Eirenaeus Philalethes was also rumored to be an adept, possessor of the alchemical philosophers' stone. That the man was merely a mythical creation didn't diminish his reputation a whit - his writings were spectacularly successful, read by Leibniz, esteemed by Newton and Boyle, voraciously consumed by countless readers. Gehennical Fire is the story of the man behind the myth, George Starkey. A work of meticulous scholarship, Gehennical Fire is both an absorbing intellectual biography and an intriguing exploration of alchemy and medical science in the seventeenth century
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Starkey, George,1627-1665
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Alchemists-- England, Biography
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Alchemy-- History
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Science-- England-- History-- 17th century
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Physicians
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| Dewey Classification
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540/.1/12/092
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B
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| LC Classification
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QD24.S73N49 1994
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1995 A-094
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WZ 100S7955N 1994
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