Alchemy, magic and moralism in the thought of Robert Boyle

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 387-410

  Hunter', Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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