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460 BCE
Democritus
The smallest unit of matter which still retains the identity and properties of that matter. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist -
300 BCE
Alchemy Part 1
A medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life. -
600
Alchemy Part 2
Metals are made up of mercury and sulfur in varying proportions.
Gold is the perfect metal and capable of being transmuted into gold by means of a substance known as the Philosophers Stone.