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Some of their names are listed below. Due to the tradition of pseudepigraphy , the true author of some alchemical writings may differ from the name most often associated with that work. Some well-known historical figures such as Albertus Magnus and Aristotle are often incorrectly named amongst the alchemists as a result.
List of authors by name: Z This page was last edited on 23 November 2023, at 04:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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Ostanes – Pen-name used by several pseudo-anonymous authors of Greek and Latin works of alchemy; Paphnutia the Virgin – Egyptian alchemist; Pseudo-Aristotle – Cognomen for authors of works falsely attributed to Aristotle; Pseudo-Democritus – Anonymous author(s) of works falsely attributed to Democritus
Azoth – initially this referred to a supposed universal solvent but later became another name for Mercury. Bitumen – highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. Blende; Brimstone – sulfur; Flowers of sulfur – formed by distilling sulfur. Caustic potash/caustic wood alkali – potassium hydroxide, formed by adding lime to potash.
The most influential names in the history of alchemy include: Hermes Trismegistus – by tradition, the founder of Western alchemy; many alchemical works were attributed to him. Wei Boyang – authored the earliest known book on theoretical alchemy in China. Pseudo-Democritus – anonymous author of the oldest extant works of Greco-Egyptian ...
This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992). [1] Use of that list is recommended by Rec. 46A Note 1 [2] of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi ...
Alchemical authors sometimes elaborated on the three or four color model by enumerating a variety of chemical steps to be performed. Though these were often arranged in groups of seven or twelve stages, there is little consistency in the names of these processes, their number, their order, or their description. [6]