View Catalog: ALCH00001

Catalog Name ALCH00001
Document Keynes MS 12
Title Propositions 1. ☉ ☽ ♂ ♃  ☿
Subtitle and Miscellaneous notes on multiplication by solution and coagulation
Author Isaac Newton
Place of Origin no place assigned
Origin Date
Repository King's College
Pages 7
Wordcount 2,400
Language Latin;
Contents

A 'Propositions': alchemical notes in Latin, c. 400 words, 3 pp. Apparently Newton's own formulations.

B Miscellaneous notes on multiplication by solution and coagulation, mostly in Latin with some English, c. 2,000 words, 4 pp. Drawn from various (acknowledged) sources including Aristotle, Nicholas Flamel and Michael Maier [Mayer].

Notes

For highly divergent theories about the dating, see Figala, 'Exakte Alchemie', 177 and Dobbs, Foundations, 133.

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