PHILADELPHIA, April 8 (UPI) --A manuscript by Isaac Newton containing a recipe for a key ingredient in the mythical Philosopher's stone, a substance practitioners of alchemy thought could turn lead ...

One of Isaac Newton's 17th-century alchemy manuscripts, buried in a private collection for decades, reveals his recipe for a material thought to be a step toward concocting the magical philosopher's ...

The elixir of life, the philosopher’s stone, lead into gold — these are some of the alchemical images found in literature from the medieval period through J.K. Rawling’s Harry Potter series. An ...

In the dim illumination of a library devoted to protecting ancient books from light degradation, James R. Voelkel gingerly picks up a nearly 600-year-old alchemy text. Written by hand sometime around ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Through illustrations notoriously difficult to interpret, even when considered in conjunction with the chapters they presumably depict, the ...

One of Isaac Newton's 17th-century alchemy manuscripts, buried in a private collection for decades, reveals his recipe for a material thought to be a step toward concocting the magical philosopher's ...

Let’s get this out of the way: No waxy red stone will ever catalyze the transformation of lead into gold. The so-called Philosopher’s Stone, the dream of every alchemist, will never be a reality ...

While up to now it had been assumed that alchemy was not practiced by the Estonian clergy after the Reformation, a manuscript has come to light in Switzerland that appears to prove otherwise. By the ...

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Harry Potter's Nicolas Flamel - who, by the way, had existed in real life during the 14th century - was an alchemist believed to have discovered the "philosopher's stone." The Philosopher's stone is ...