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Alchemists could not turn metal into gold because gold is an element.
Paracelsus introduced the concept of "disease" to medicine, however rejecting the idea that disease is a matter of imbalance and disharmony in the body. He claimed that disease is caused by agents outside the body attacking it. This was long before viruses and bacteria were discovered.Trimble, Russell, "Alchemy," in The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal edited by Gordon Stein (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996), pp. 1-8.
they eat it
Because the alchemists learned by trial and error they never tried to take their observations and draw conclusions.
they developed tools and techniques.
Which of the following secrets did alchemists like Paracelsus hope to discover: how to change lead into gold
(sry for spelling) Chinese alchemists were looking for the secret to immortality for there emperor but they failed every time and the person who failed was sentence to death they be lived that to get to this goal they needed a philoshper stone European alchemists were diff rent thought they did not want immortality they wanted to be able to change rocks,silver,copper,etc in to gold so that they would have an endless supply
The alchemists were trying to make gold out of ordinary things.
They were trying to convert lead into gold.
gunpowder, or the interaction of sulfur,saltpeter, and charcoal
To turn lead into gold, and to create the philosopher's stone.
The Middle Ages. They were trying to convert lead into gold, and to create the philosopher's stone.
Not likely. Alchemists have been trying without success for thousands of years.
Perhaps the early Alchemists, although what they were trying to achieve was impossible for the time, they were entrepreneurs.
He was the first European to discover America.
i dont think so.....they were trying for a really long time though
The words discover and discovery are notused of European countries.