1. What is an alchemist? 2. What idea did Paracelsus propose, about what actuall
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1. What is an alchemist? 2. What idea did Paracelsus propose, about what actually composed the world? 3. In his pursuit of finding gold in the human body, what substance did Hennig Brand turn his experiments to? What did he actually accidentally!-discover instead? a. What are the uses of this element today? Why was Robert Boyle's book, A Skeptical Chemist, considered such a groundbreaking book? 4. 5. What Cavendish discovered he called 'inflammable air-what element did he actually discover? 6. How did Cavendish's experiments begin to disprove the Greek idea that water is an element (despite him not really realizing it)? 7. What were the three types of "airs" that Priestley was interested in studying? a. What element did he discover (and again, didn't realize it!)?Explanation / Answer
1. An alchemist is a person who practices the art of transmutation of metals. Transmutation is basically using several methods to tarnsform metals into different 'higher' more useful forms. Alchemy is these days said to be a pseudoscience
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