Alchemy WAS - but as new rules were discovered it either changed into chemistry OR it became "unscientific".
Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone. Alchemy was basically chemistry with a lot of magic thrown into it. The alchemists were sorcerer want to be's. They attempted to conjure spirits, and use spells on chemicals that they believed contained magical properties, all in a vain attempt to convert base metals into something of greater value. Even Isaac newton, probably the greatest scientific mind of the last 500 years, accomplished nothing in alchemy, even though he experimented with it for decades.
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Some alchemists poisoned themselves too, fatally in many cases, in their search for elixirs - but contemporary medicine was not much better!
Because its nor possible to turn base metals into gold by chemistry.
Alchemy was a blend of Pseudoscience, magic, and mystical Philosophy
Alchemy WAS - but as new rules were discovered it either changed into chemistry OR it became "unscientific".
Alchemy hadn't scientific methods of study, appeal to mysticism and fantasy, the knowledge of chemistry and physics were modest at that time.
Robert Boyle
i think that the old chemistry is called alchemy. and the one who study alchemy is called alchemist. almost all the alchemist believe that there is immortality.
Alchemy was the first.
The alchemists were the first chemists. They mixed chemicals, but also believed that magic would help them in their experiments and formulas. It didn't. But their chemical experiments eventually led to the science of chemistry.
The alchemists were the first chemists. They mixed chemicals, but also believed that magic would help them in their experiments and formulas. It didn't. But their chemical experiments eventually led to the science of chemistry.
Alchemy WAS - but as new rules were discovered it either changed into chemistry OR it became "unscientific".
Alchemy is sometimes referred to as 'early chemistry'. It was Robert Boyle who, in the 17th century, changed alchemy to chemistry. Alchemy derives from an Arabic word meaning chemistry.
Primitive science is the background of early chemistry and alchemy.
Now a day, people study chemistry instead and alchemy was the ancient science as we know it.
Alchemy was a pseudo-science that eventually evolved into modern Chemistry, which was simply found and proven to be more right.
Robert Boyle
i think that the old chemistry is called alchemy. and the one who study alchemy is called alchemist. almost all the alchemist believe that there is immortality.
Any magic exist in science; magic is a characteristic of pseudoscience and religion.
Alchemy is just early science. There is nothing intrinsically evil about learning by doing.
Alchemy was the first.
Chemistry is the science and study of elements and their reactions with each other. The word stems from alchemy, the study of turning base metals into metals of higher value. Alchemy was seen as a type of magic, but people later realized that it was a science. It is a study of anything in this world.By this subject we can explain anything in earth.
alchemy is better than chemistry although chemistry is fun to do