Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkahests
Literary usage of Alkahests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"... and submit them to experiments; for, like the alkahests imagined by the
alchemists, they acted more or less upon almost every body to which they were ..."
2. The Decomposition of the Fixed Alkalies and Alkaline Earths by Humphry Davy (1906)
"... and submit them to experiments; for, like the alkahests imagined by the
alchemists, they acted more or less upon almost every body to which they were ..."
3. Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are by Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Humphry Davy, Benjamin Silliman (1809)
"... and submit them to experiments ; for, like the alkahests imagined by the
alchemists, they acted more or less upon aU most every body to which they were ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"As he says, like the alkahests imagined by the Alchemists, they acted more or
less upon almost every body to which they were exposed. ..."
5. Religio Chemici: Essays by George Wilson (1862)
"Long before the close of last century, the chemical analyst found the re-agents
he had occasion to make use of, alkahests or universal solvents enough, ..."
6. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1808)
"... and submit them to experiments; ies- for, like the alkahests imagined by (he
alchemist s, they acted more or less upon almost every body to which they ..."
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