Alchemical Symbols, 1670
Alchemical symbols. The text says: Search the interior of the Earth and by rectifying thou shalt find the hidden stone. This illustration is from Goosen van Vreeswijk's Het Cabinet der Mineralen, 1670. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists searched for formulas that would turn base metals into gold
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