عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QD24.S73 N49 1994
QD24
.
S73
N49
1994
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0674341716 (acid-free)
(Number (ISBN
0674434137 (acid-free)
(Number (ISBN
9780674341715 (acid-free)
(Number (ISBN
9780674434134 (acid-free)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Gehennical fire :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the lives of George Starkey, an American alchemist in the scientific revolution /
First Statement of Responsibility
William R. Newman
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 348 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-337) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Starkey in America -- 2. Arcana Maiora: The Hartlib Years (1650-1654) -- 3. The Background to Starkey's Chymistry -- 4. Revelation and Concealment: The Writings of Philalethes -- 5. A Sonne of Contention: 1655-1665 -- 6. Philalethes in Context -- 7. Isaac Newton and Eirenaeus Philalethes -- App. I Starkey's Addresses in England, 1650-1665 -- App. II An Autobiographical Note by George Starkey -- App. III Missing Starkey Manuscripts -- App. IV Robert Boyle's "Excuses of Philaletha" -- App. V A Bibliography of Starkey's Writings
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Reputed to have performed miraculous feats in New Englandrestoring the hair and teeth to an aged lady, bringing a withered peach tree to fruit - Eirenaeus Philalethes was also rumored to be an adept, possessor of the alchemical philosophers' stone. That the man was merely a mythical creation didn't diminish his reputation a whit - his writings were spectacularly successful, read by Leibniz, esteemed by Newton and Boyle, voraciously consumed by countless readers. Gehennical Fire is the story of the man behind the myth, George Starkey. A work of meticulous scholarship, Gehennical Fire is both an absorbing intellectual biography and an intriguing exploration of alchemy and medical science in the seventeenth century
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Starkey, George,1627-1665
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alchemists-- England, Biography
Alchemy-- History
Science-- England-- History-- 17th century
Physicians
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
540/
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1/12/092
Number
B
Edition
20
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QD24
.
S73
Book number
N49
1994
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
1995
A-094
Class number
WZ
100
Book Number
S7955N
1994
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Newman, William R.,1955-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20160203200447.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
