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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Alchemy Etymology: etymonline.com/word/alchemy
Chemistry Etymology: etymonline.com/word/chemistry
Western Alchemy: mun.ca/biology/scarr/4270_3_History_of_Alchemy_2020Apr07_FINAL.pdf
What Is Alchemy?: newscientist.com/question/what-is-alchemy
Origins of Western Alchemy: scienceabbey.com/the-mysteries-and-science-origins-of-western-alchemy-part-i
Alchemical Symbols: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemical_symbol
Symbols Of Alchemy: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/alchemy/AoA_symbols.pdf
Newton’s Symbols: https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/reference/symbols.do
Alchemical Symbols On Omniglot: omniglot.com/writing/alchemicalsymbols.htm
Alchemy Symbols & Meaning: mythologian.net/alchemy-symbols-meanings-extended-list-alchemical-symbols/#Philosophers_Stone
Bezoars: science.howstuffworks.com/life/biology-fields/magical-medicine-of-bezoars.htm
From Alchemy To Chemistry: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplu.202400033