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  • Page 1 of Arabic manuscript on Alchemy by Razes
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  • Page 2 of Arabic manuscript on Alchemy by Razes
  • Two Monks practising alchemy
  • Alchemy: a furnace with some parts removed (?) Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (11)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (3)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (10)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (9)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (2)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (1)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (7)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (15
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (6)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (8)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (4)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (12)
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (13)
  • Alchemy: three furnaces with glass vessels on two of them. Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Alchemy: a double furnace with a glass vessel connected to it. Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Early books on medicine, natural sciences and alchemy.
  • Alchemy: a furnace with nested vessels inside, and a sketch of another similar furnace. Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: alchemy and chemistry section of first floor galleries. Photograph, 1924.
  • A man and a woman demonstrating the process of fermentation and distillation in alchemy. Etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Alchemy: a workshop with furnaces and apparatus, the alchemist in the foreground tying up a leather bag. Watercolour, 1934, by V. Kaliba after K. Stapfer after a 17th century MS.
  • A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
  • A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.