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Alchemy – a protoscience

Manuscript depicting alchemical work. from Thomas Norton The Ordinall of Alchemy England: c.1550-1600.

An alchemist and his assistants at work in the laboratory.

Illustration from the manuscript The Ordinal of Alchemy by Thomas Norton.

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