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[The] History of chemistry especially alchemyÂ… The most lively imagination is not capable of devising a thought which could have acted more powerfully and consistently on the minds and faculties of men, than the very idea of the Philosopher's Stone. Without this idea, chemistry would not now stand in its present perfectionÂ… [For] in order to know that the Philosopher's Stone did not really exist, it was indispensable that every substance accessibleÂ… should be observed and examined (Liebig 53).

Justis von Liebig, along with many more today, believed that alchemy was the precursor of chemistry. The idea of alchemy was considered old by 300 BC and it continued to grow throughout the entire world, even if there was no real link between civilizations until the 1800's. The search for riches and immortality was such an awe-inspiring ideal that it called the attention of every great mind from Isaac Newton to Frederic Soddy. It is often compared to the tale where a man told his two......

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