Anonymous ID: ecc3ff Jan. 13, 2024, 2:10 p.m. No.20238381   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8535 >>8706 >>8793 >>8826 >>8838

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In 1404, English King Henry VIII passed laws outlawing English alchemists from using their knowledge to create precious metals. After anxieties about what it might do to the English economy, the โ€œAct of Multipliersโ€ made it a felony to use transmutation to โ€œmultiplyโ€ gold and silver. The law remained until 1689, when Robert Boyle lobbied for its repeal. Boyle is widely viewed as the first modern chemist and a pioneer of the scientific method, taking mystical practices such as alchemy out of the realm of magic and into the realm of science.

 

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