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  2. Roger Bacon - Wikipedia

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    Roger Bacon OFM (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; [3] Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a polymath, a medieval English philosopher, scientist, theologian and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism.

  3. The Mirror of Alchimy - Wikipedia

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    Here, Pseudo-Bacon's work is featured alongside the texts attributed to Hortulanus and Calid from the Latin edition. The series also included a second work attributed to Roger Bacon, De l'admirable puissance del'art, & de nature, ou est traicté de la pierre philosophale.

  4. Opus Majus - Wikipedia

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    The Opus Majus (Latin for "Greater Work") is the most important work of Roger Bacon. It was written in Medieval Latin, at the request of Pope Clement IV, to explain the work that Bacon had undertaken. The 878-page treatise ranges over all aspects of natural science, from grammar and logic to mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

  5. List of alchemists - Wikipedia

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    Roger Bacon (1214–1294) Pseudo-Geber (13th/14th century) Ramon Llull (Raymond Lulli) (1235–1315) John Dastin (early 14th) Arnold of Villanova (1245–?(before 1311)) Jean de Meung (c.1250–c.1305) Petrus Bonus (Early 14th century) Ortolanus or Hortulanus (fl. 1358) Jean de Roquetaillade (Johannes de Rupescissa) (died 1336) Gilles de Rais ...

  6. Outline of alchemy - Wikipedia

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    Roger Bacon – staunch proponent of the use of alchemy. Paracelsus – developer of iatrochemistry. Robert Boyle – alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern chemistry. Mary Anne Atwood – key figure in the occult revival of alchemy. Carl Jung – merged alchemy and psychoanalytic thought.

  7. 'It was a passion for him': Community remembers longtime ...

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    In 1948, Roger Bacon met Myrtle Hamilton in geometry class at Oxford High. He was a sophomore, and she was a freshman. Bacon played basketball, and Myrtle often went to watch the team’s games at ...

  8. Timeline of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Roger Bacon publishes Opus Maius, which among other things, proposes an early form of the scientific method, and contains results of his experiments with gunpowder. [23] c. 1310 Pseudo-Geber, an anonymous alchemist who wrote under the name of Geber (i.e., Jābir ibn Hayyān, see above), publishes the Summa perfectionis magisterii.

  9. It took 2 years, 5 deaths for 18-year-old's killing to be ...

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    Serreno Foster Jr. was shot and killed in Avondale three years ago. Police records show why it took two years and five deaths to solve the case.