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The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher

Archive Print Item: Early Science 2 1678/JAB

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Type of record: Book

Title: The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher

Other titles: De alchimia

Level: Item

Classmark: Early Science 2 1678/JAB

Creator(s): Jābir ibn Ḥayyān

Additional creator(s): Russell, Richard (1700?-1771) (Other)

Related people: Russell, Richard

Publisher: Printed for N.E. by Thomas James

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1678

Language: English

Size and medium: [16], 302, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/241955

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014121129705181

Description

Translated by R. Russell.


Contents: Of the investigation or search of perfection -- Of the sum of perfection, or of the perfect magistery -- Of the invention of verity, or perfection -- Of furnaces, &c., with a recapitulation of the authors experiments.

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