For my I-search I chose to do research on alchemy. The areas of alchemy that I chose to.
do research on are the history of alchemy, superstitions about alchemy, famous alchemists and.
alchemy as it is today. Alchemy is mostly used to change one element into another and making.
undiscovered materials from existing elements.
The History of Alchemy.
Alchemy dates back to around 1400 B.C. in Egypt and Greece. Most of the alchemists in.
ancient Egypt used alchemy to try to change common metals, such as iron and lead, into noble.
metals, such as gold. Many people claimed to have created gold out of common metals but now.
most scientists believe it was only brass. .
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Although most alchemists tried to produce gold, many other alchemists used alchemy for.
medical purposes. They made many medicines using alchemy but most of the alchemists tried to.
create panacea, which could improve health greatly. All things were believed to be made of four.
elements, fire, water, air and earth, and gold was the perfect combination of the four. Also, they.
believed that all things consisted of male or female properties. Since the alchemist had seen air and.
wood turn into fire, and water to air they believed that any change in physical state is possible. .
Christians from Arabia on crusades brought alchemy to Europe. At around 850 A.D.
alchemists believed that metals all had sulfur, mercury and salt in them. During the roman empire,.
alchemy was used less and less. One of the reasons for this was that one of the Emperors tried to.
burn all books on alchemy and kill all alchemists so that gold would not become worthless. .
During the medieval period alchemy was starting to become used a lot again. Along with.
the increased mount of alchemy used came many con artists. These con-artists told people sold.
people ways to make gold, but these methods did not work. Pope John XXII declared a ban on.
alchemy to stop con-artists and also to prevent the economy from becoming ruined once gold was.