The arcanum: the extraordinary true story

In the seventeenth century, the extravagant and greedy Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, imprisoned the nineteen-year-old alchemist Johann Frederick Böttger and commanded him to discover the arcanum, the secret of making gold from base metal. Instead, Böttger stumbled upon t...

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1. Verfasser: Gleeson, Janet 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Warner Books 1998
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Zusammenfassung:In the seventeenth century, the extravagant and greedy Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, imprisoned the nineteen-year-old alchemist Johann Frederick Böttger and commanded him to discover the arcanum, the secret of making gold from base metal. Instead, Böttger stumbled upon the formula for making translucent porcelain, another precious commodity previously only available from China.
Beschreibung:XII, 324 S.
ISBN:0446524999

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