The very earliest work on chemical processes and transformations was done in the ancient world, in Egypt,...
Alchemy
Alchemy was an art, a scientific and technological project that foreshadowed modern chemistry. Alchemy, with its cryptic...
An 18th-century trade card reveals a lot more than its owner might have intended. By Julia Nurse...
Various types of furnaces, 15th century / MS. 446, folio 65 recto. Wellcome Images L0032812 By Julia MartinsPhD...
Etching of an alchemist at work in his lab / Wellcome Library By Sarah Waldorf / 12.14.2016...