OK - good job on the first assignment. Your comments are posted below. Beneath your comments are some further topics I'd like for you to investigate.
Chemistry Research Project—Megan Watson
1. The Coelum Philosophorum, I am not really sure at all what this means except that it is some sort of philosophy.
2. The translated version of the Coelum Philosophorum was published in 1894. Paracelsus was born in 1493 and died in 1541. I am not sure exactly when the Coelum was published. During that time was the Middle Ages. The year he died Hernando De Soto became the first European to see the Mississippi river. In 1510 Ferdinand Magellan began circumnavigating the world. Also Peter Henlein built the first pocketwatch.
3. Paracelsus was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and occultist. He was very arrogant and most physicians didn’t like him. He was probably chosen to right this article because he was very interested in alchemy. One article referred to him as the “Alchemical Genius of the Middle Ages.” He is noted with the introduction opium and mercury into the arsenal of medicine.
January 29, 2008 12:26 PM
Frankly, I would like for you to concentrate at this time on this question - "How did alchemy become chemistry? Or did chemistry replace alchemy?" (I guess that's actually 2 questions.)
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Originally alchemy was a form of science where they tried to turn ordinary metals into gold or silver and the creation of the elixir of life. They searched for the “philosopher’s stone” which was what they thought was a key ingredient for reaching their goals. Alchemists were treated very well not because of their mystical beliefs but because of their contributions to the “chemical” world like dye, cosmetics, and gunpowder. They also invented aqua vitae which eventually led to alcoholic beverages and wine. They believed that the molecular material processes and physical states were metaphors to the spiritual side of the metals. I think that alchemy led to chemistry because it caused people to start experimenting with metals and other substances.
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