§ 33. Other Arabian Alchemists
§ 41. “Basil Valentine” and the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony
CHAPTER IV. THE ALCHEMISTS (B. PARACELSUS AND AFTER)
§ 52. Edward Kelley and John Dee
§ 54. Alexander Sethon and Michael Sendivogius
§ 57. J. B. van Helmont and F. M. van Helmont
§ 59. Thomas Vaughan (“Eugenius Philalethes”)
§ 60. “Eirenæus Philalethes” and George Starkey
CHAPTER V. THE OUTCOME OF ALCHEMY
§ 61. Did the Alchemists achieve the Magnum Opus?
§ 62. The Testimony of van Helmont
§ 63. The Testimony of Helvetius
§ 64. Helvetius obtains the Philosopher’s Stone
§ 65. Helvetius performs a Transmutation
§ 66. Helvetius’s Gold Assayed
§ 67. Helvetius’s Gold Further Tested
§ 68. The Genesis of Chemistry
§ 69. The Degeneracy of Alchemy
CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY
§ 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry
§ 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element
§ 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements
§ 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter
§ 80. Proof that the Electrons are not Matter
§ 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter