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Definition of Chymists
1. chymist [n] - See also: chymist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chymists
Literary usage of Chymists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"chymists have demonstrated the existence of several components of urinary calculi,
viz., Lithic Acid and ..."
2. Sketches of the Philosophy of Life by Thomas Charles Morgan (1819)
"... Respiration—History and Theories of Respiration—Hippocrates, Boyle, Willis,
Meade, the Pneumatic chymists—Phenomena of Pulmonary Function—Phenomena and ..."
3. From Elements to Atoms: A History of Chemical Composition by Robert Siegfried (2002)
"Carneades hopes by his efforts to draw "the chymists' doctrine out of the dark
and smokie laboratories" so that "judicious men" might see how inadequate are ..."
4. Memoir of Sir James Y. Simpson, Bart by John Duns (1873)
"... appears erroneously, supposed to have been discovered only in comparatively
modern times, were, in fact, perfectly well known to the ancient chymists or ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1828)
"He had appointed on the commission one of the most able physicians, and one of
the most eminent chymists, of the present day, in order that the public might ..."
6. Institutes of Ecclesiastical History: Ancient and Modern ... Much Corrected by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, James Murdock (1871)
"The term itself is chymical; nor can its import be understood, without a knowledge
of the style used by the chymists. It is compounded, not es many think, ..."
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