PHILOSOPHER’S STONE
Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored. By A. Cockrell. Rider and Co. 158 pp. (7/6.) Through Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. Those who take an interest in the history of out-of-the-way speculations will find this account of the search for the “philosopher’s stone" to their taste., The author is not satisfied with writing a history of his subject, but has contributed a theoretical investigation as well. He explains the present - and future status of the art which seeks to turn base metals into gold. Mr Cockren claims to have found by experiment the “Philosophic Gold, which is not made from metallic gold, but from another metal, and is a far more potent Elixir than oil pf gold.” The book concludes with lengthy extracts from the Hermetic literature of alchemy. . .
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23191, 30 November 1940, Page 11
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