Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PALISSY RESCUED—THE DEDICATION OF HIS SECOND BOOK
- CHAPTER II CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
- CHAPTER III FURTHER CONTENTS OF THE BOOK—THE GARDEN AND THE FORTRESS
- CHAPTER IV PALISST REMOVES FROM SAINTES
- CHAPTER V PALISSY IN PARIS
- CHAPTER VI THE NATURALIST PUBLISHES, IN A LAST BOOK, HIS MATURED OPINIONS
- CHAPTER VII DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: WATER AND WATER-WORKS—MEDICINAL AND THERMAL SPRINGS—VOLCANIC ACTION
- CHAPTER VIII DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: THE FOUNTAIN AND THE FLOOD
- CHAPTER IX DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: ALCHEMY AND THE ORIGIN OF METALS
- CHAPTER X DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: THE ROCKS AND FIELDS
- CHAPTER XI THE REWARD OF THE PHILOSOPHER
- APPENDIX
- WRITINGS OF PALISSY
- INDEX
CHAPTER IX - DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: ALCHEMY AND THE ORIGIN OF METALS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PALISSY RESCUED—THE DEDICATION OF HIS SECOND BOOK
- CHAPTER II CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
- CHAPTER III FURTHER CONTENTS OF THE BOOK—THE GARDEN AND THE FORTRESS
- CHAPTER IV PALISST REMOVES FROM SAINTES
- CHAPTER V PALISSY IN PARIS
- CHAPTER VI THE NATURALIST PUBLISHES, IN A LAST BOOK, HIS MATURED OPINIONS
- CHAPTER VII DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: WATER AND WATER-WORKS—MEDICINAL AND THERMAL SPRINGS—VOLCANIC ACTION
- CHAPTER VIII DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: THE FOUNTAIN AND THE FLOOD
- CHAPTER IX DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: ALCHEMY AND THE ORIGIN OF METALS
- CHAPTER X DOCTRINES OF PALISSY: THE ROCKS AND FIELDS
- CHAPTER XI THE REWARD OF THE PHILOSOPHER
- APPENDIX
- WRITINGS OF PALISSY
- INDEX
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- Palissy the PotterThe Life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes, his Labours and Discoveries in Art and Science, pp. 152 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1852