PPT-Alchemists

Bhavneet Gurpreet Date 2300 years ago Ideas Base to gold Ideas close to Aristotle Elements symbols planets Elixir of life Experiments Unsuccessful in their experiments Distillation separation acids to alchemy. ". The importance of the . very idea of transformation . cannot be stressed enough. . That the substances of the earth are not fixed in composition but are mutable under human influence is a phenomenal realization. Mrs. Hope 2. nd. Block. Honors Brit Lit. Alchemy. Purpose. Alchemy was created by doctors and mathematicians of the 16th/17. th. centuries. Alchemy included different healing methods as well as transformation base metals, such as iron and copper, into gold. . Do Now…. Long before modern chemistry, early scientists (as early as 400 BC!!) tried to turn different things into gold. This pursuit was called alchemy, and the scientists were called alchemists. . The stranger, Victor Frankenstein, begins his narration. He starts with his family background, telling Walton about his father, Alphonse, and his mother, Caroline.. Frankenstein then describes how his love Elizabeth entered his family. Elizabeth is discovered by Caroline While visiting a poor Italian family on a trip to Italy. When she discovers that Elizabeth is an orphan, Caroline adopts Elizabeth and brings her back to Geneva. Young Victor cherishes and loves Elizabeth greatly. Victor’s mother decides at the moment of the adoption that Elizabeth and Victor should someday marry. . Section 1.1 - Chemistry. Matter. is anything that has . mass. and occupies . space. .. Chemistry. is the study of the . composition. of matter and the . changes. that matter undergoes.. Branches of Chemistry.