CHEMICAL THEATRE

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Chemical Mysteries. original: Chymische Verborgentheden; in the 17th century, "mysteries" or "secrets" often referred to specific recipes, hidden properties of matter, or the "Great Work" of alchemy.

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CHEMISTRY in GENERAL.

CHAPTER I.

On the definition of Chemistry.

I. Chemistry can be defined in many different ways, but since they all carry the same meaning, it is best defined as a decomposition of substances through fire. The author uses the word "bodies" (lighamen), which in early modern science referred to any physical matter or material substance being analyzed in a laboratory.

II. The word Chemia The Latinized form of Chemistry. is originally an Arabic word, and was written Chamâ, from the