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  2. Alembic - Wikipedia

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    Alembics from a 1606 alchemy book. Dioscorides's ambix, described in his De materia medica (c. 50 C.E.), is a helmet-shaped lid for gathering condensed mercury. For Athenaeus (c. 225 C.E.) it is a bottle or flask. For later chemists it denoted various parts of crude distillation devices.

  3. List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Ed, who lost one of his legs in the failed attempt to revive the brothers' mother, Al lost his entire body. At the last moment, and at the cost of one of his arms, Ed sealed Al's soul in a large suit of armor, making Al almost invulnerable. Follow the incident, he and Edward together join the journey in order to recover the body back.

  4. Roy Mustang - Wikipedia

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    In the series, Mustang is a State Alchemist of Amestris' State Military, as well as the superior of the series' protagonist, Edward Elric. Mustang holds the title of "Flame Alchemist" (焔の錬金術師, Honō no Renkinjutsushi) for his

  5. Elixir of life - Wikipedia

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    During the Qin dynasty, Qin Shi Huang sent Taoist alchemist Xu Fu to the eastern seas with 500 young men and 500 young women to find the elixir in the legendary Penglai Mountain, but returned without finding it. He embarked on a second voyage with 3000 young girls and boys, but none of them ever returned (legend has it that he found Japan ...

  6. Phlogiston theory - Wikipedia

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    The alchemist and physician J. J. Becher proposed the phlogiston theory.. The phlogiston theory, a superseded scientific theory, postulated the existence of a fire-like element dubbed phlogiston (/ f l ɒ ˈ dʒ ɪ s t ən, f l oʊ-,-ɒ n /) [1] [2] contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion.

  7. Fire (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    Alchemical symbol for fire. In alchemy the chemical element of sulfur was often associated with fire and its alchemical symbol and its symbol was an upward-pointing triangle. In alchemic tradition, metals are incubated by fire in the womb of the Earth and alchemists only accelerate their development. [1]

  8. List of Fullmetal Alchemist chapters - Wikipedia

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    The shocked Winry picks up a gun she aims at Scar, recalling how his brother, who was combining Amestrian alchemy with Xingese alkahastry during the civil war, sacrificed himself to save his life when their family were slaughtered by a state alchemist named Solf J. Kimblee. Upon coming to in the care of the Rockwell doctors, Scar killed them in ...

  9. Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream

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    Atelier Sophie 2 uses the basic structure of the alchemy system from the previous Mysterious games, with new mechanics. [2] [3] The player discovers how to create new items by completing assignments on the "Recipe Tree," but the way the items are synthesized is always the same. It works in four stages: selecting the output, choosing the ...