Keywords: Sceptical chymist 1661 Boyle Title page AQ18 (3).jpg Robert Boyle 1627-1691 London Printed by J Cadwell for J Crooke 1661 Robert Boyle directed his skepticism at the gaggle of common chemists who hawked medicines and deliberately obfuscated their writings But he worked untiringly on the problem of transmutation and believed there was an alchemical elite who could instruct him This book is in part an attempt to silence the former and prompt the latter to reveal themselves http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1034567~S6 Catalog Information From the copy in the Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative Chemical Heritage Foundation http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation 1661 PD-old-100 PD-old-100 cc-by-3 0 Chemical Heritage Foundation Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation Alchemy books Robert Boyle |