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A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Anaxagoras' theory of matter / by Sven-Tage Teodorsson.

Philosophical dissertations, with proper reflections : proving I. The non-eternity of matter and that there is a vacuum. II. That there must necessarily be one self-existent being in three self-existent properties ... III. That the light and heat of the sun ... are purely spiritous ... IV. That the soul is immortal / By Benjamin Parker.

An essay on matter. In five chapters. [Eight lines from Pope]

Der belebte und der undelebte Stoff nach den neuesten Forschungs-ergebnissen / von L. Dressel.

Two treatises.  In the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into : in way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules : is looked into in wayor discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules.

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Anaxagoras' theory of matter / by Sven-Tage Teodorsson.

An essay on matter. In five chapters. [Eight lines from Pope]

Der belebte und der undelebte Stoff nach den neuesten Forschungs-ergebnissen / von L. Dressel.

Two treatises. In the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into : in way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules : is looked into in wayor discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules.