PUBLIC AND HONORARY PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY FOR 43 YEARS AT THE CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITY, SENIOR OF THE ACADEMY, AND SECOND NESTOR OF THE LEOPOLDINE-CAROLINE HOLY ROMAN IMPERIAL SOCIETY.
FRIDRICHSTADT LEISURE,
or
THE CHEMICAL TANTALUS.
i.e.
A Physico-Chemical Commentary on the L. P. B. An alchemical acronym likely referring to "Lapis Philosophorum Benedictus" (The Blessed Philosopher's Stone).
THE SCALE OF WISDOM IS NOT TO FLY HIGH, BUT TO DWELL ON THE GROUND; THE REASON FOR FOLLY IS TO SCRUTINIZE THE SUBLIME AND TO NEST NEAR THE SUN.
WHAT THE FOOLISH SCORN, THE WISE GATHER. CHEMICAL WINNOWING, pp. 249 & 251.
With Dedication
to the
Curious of the Academy.
HAMBURG
Printed by CHRISTIAN LIEBEZEIT 1717.
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