TY  - BOOK
AU  - Newman,William R.
TI  - Atoms and alchemy: chymistry and the experimental origins of the scientific revolution 
SN  - 9780226577036 (electronic bk.)
AV  - Q125 .N484 2006eb
U1  - 509 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Boyle, Robert.
KW  - Sennert, Daniel.
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Alchemy
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Alchemie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wissenschaftliche Revolution
KW  - swd
KW  - Chemie
KW  - Experiment
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index; The problematic position of alchemy in the scientific revolution -- 1. The mise en scéne before Sennert. The medieval tradition of alchemical corpuscular theory ; Erastus and the critique of chemical analysis ; Aristotelian corpuscular theory and Andreas Libavius -- 2. Daniel Sennert's atomism and the reform of Aristotelian matter theory. The corpuscular theory of Daniel Sennert and its sources -- The interplay of structure and essence in Sennert's corpuscular theory -- 3. Robert Boyle's matter theory. Boyle, Sennert, and the mechanical philosophy -- Boyle's use of chymical corpuscles and the reduction to the pristine state to demonstrate the mechanical origin of qualities
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