A Tool of Man
Ancient Beliefs
Types of Metals
Love of Gold
Ancient Alchemists
The Four Elements
Modern Ideas
Modern Processes
Common Products
Pigments
Ancient Recipes
Conclusion
Interactive Activity
Ancient Beliefs
Types of Metals
Love of Gold
Ancient Alchemists
The Four Elements
Modern Ideas
Modern Processes
Common Products
Pigments
Ancient Recipes
Conclusion
Interactive Activity
The Ancient Alchemists
Aristotle - 384-322 B.C. - one of the most well known of the ancient philosophers, he most likely did not practice heavily in what he wrote about, but he was fairly well versed in what he did write about.
Diodorus Siculus - Developed the idea of sterilizing water.
Theophrastus of Eresus - A philosopher of importance in the history of natural philosophy of the ancients (Stillman 7).
Vitruvius - Wrote on many alchemical topics.
Dioscorides Pedanus - A Greek physician - born in Anazarba in Cilicia in Asia Minor (Stillman 39). He published the Treatise in five books on Materia Medicales.
Caius Plinius Secundus (Elder Pliny) - Born 23 A.D. and died in 79 A.D. at Stabiae in the eruption of Pompeii (Stillman 40). He wrote extensively on many alchemical topics.
Herodotus - Gave the first account of the petroleum industry.
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