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- catalog abstract "Reputed to have performed miraculous feats in New Englandrestoring the hair and teeth to an aged lady, bringing a withered peach tree to fruit - Eirenaeus Philalethes was also rumored to be an adept, possessor of the alchemical philosophers' stone. That the man was merely a mythical creation didn't diminish his reputation a whit - his writings were spectacularly successful, read by Leibniz, esteemed by Newton and Boyle, voraciously consumed by countless readers. Gehennical Fire is the story of the man behind the myth, George Starkey. A work of meticulous scholarship, Gehennical Fire is both an absorbing intellectual biography and an intriguing exploration of alchemy and medical science in the seventeenth century.".
- catalog contributor b6296605.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Bibliography of Starkey's writings":p. 256-274.".
- catalog description "1. Starkey in America -- 2. Arcana Maiora: The Hartlib Years (1650-1654) -- 3. The Background to Starkey's Chymistry -- 4. Revelation and Concealment: The Writings of Philalethes -- 5. A Sonne of Contention: 1655-1665 -- 6. Philalethes in Context -- 7. Isaac Newton and Eirenaeus Philalethes -- App. I Starkey's Addresses in England, 1650-1665 -- App. II An Autobiographical Note by George Starkey -- App. III Missing Starkey Manuscripts -- App. IV Robert Boyle's "Excuses of Philaletha" -- App. V A Bibliography of Starkey's Writings.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-337) and index.".
- catalog description "Reputed to have performed miraculous feats in New Englandrestoring the hair and teeth to an aged lady, bringing a withered peach tree to fruit - Eirenaeus Philalethes was also rumored to be an adept, possessor of the alchemical philosophers' stone. That the man was merely a mythical creation didn't diminish his reputation a whit - his writings were spectacularly successful, read by Leibniz, esteemed by Newton and Boyle, voraciously consumed by countless readers. Gehennical Fire is the story of the man behind the myth, George Starkey. A work of meticulous scholarship, Gehennical Fire is both an absorbing intellectual biography and an intriguing exploration of alchemy and medical science in the seventeenth century.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 348 p., [20] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0674341716 (acid-free)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "1995 A-094".
- catalog subject "540/.1/12/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Alchemists England Biography.".
- catalog subject "Alchemy History.".
- catalog subject "Physicians Biography.".
- catalog subject "QD24.S73 N49 1994".
- catalog subject "Science England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Starkey, George, 1627-1665.".
- catalog subject "WZ 100 S7955N 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Starkey in America -- 2. Arcana Maiora: The Hartlib Years (1650-1654) -- 3. The Background to Starkey's Chymistry -- 4. Revelation and Concealment: The Writings of Philalethes -- 5. A Sonne of Contention: 1655-1665 -- 6. Philalethes in Context -- 7. Isaac Newton and Eirenaeus Philalethes -- App. I Starkey's Addresses in England, 1650-1665 -- App. II An Autobiographical Note by George Starkey -- App. III Missing Starkey Manuscripts -- App. IV Robert Boyle's "Excuses of Philaletha" -- App. V A Bibliography of Starkey's Writings.".
- catalog title "Gehennical fire : the lives of George Starkey, an American alchemist in the scientific revolution / William R. Newman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".