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alkahest
alkahest (ˈælkəhɛst) Also alc-, alch-. [first used in med.L. by Paracelsus, and believed to have been arbitrarily invented by him with a form simulating Arabic. Used in the same forms in most of the European languages.] The ‘universal solvent’ of the alchemists.1641 French Distill. v. 109 With his A...
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Alkahest
In Renaissance alchemy, alkahest was the theorized "universal solvent". Volatile salt of tartar, also known as pyrotartaric acid or glutaric acid, was considered both a substitute for alkahest and a component of alkahest.
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Alkahest | The Engines of Our Ingenuity
Y ou've heard the old remark, "Spit is the universal solvent." That mocks a very old idea that, somewhere, there might be found a solvent that will dissolve anything. Water is quite a good solvent. It dissolves the sugar in hot tea quite nicely, but it doesn't do as well in iced tea. It dissolves many materials, but, lucky for us, not the glass ...
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Maranantha-Alkahest Sector
Maranantha-Alkahest Sector is a 1982 role-playing game supplement published by Judges Guild for Traveller. Barton reviewed Maranantha-Alkahest Sector in The Space Gamer No. 49.
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alkahestic
alkahestic, a. (ælkəˈhɛstɪk) [f. prec. + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the alkahest; all-dissolving.1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., De Bernitz has given forms and processes of alkahestic liquors. 1775 in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.
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Grifols
In 2015, the company acquired a 45% stake in Alkahest as part of planned co-development of "plasma-based products for the treatment of cognitive decline In 2020 Grifols acquired the remaining stock of Alkahest “bringing its ownership of Alkahest to 100%”.
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Universal solvent
Universal solvent may refer to:
Water, described as the "universal solvent" for its ability to dissolve many substances
Alkahest, a hypothetical solvent
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fire-water
ˈfire-water 1. ‘A name given to alkahest’ (Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753). 2. Any strong liquor or ardent spirits. Originally used by (or attributed to) the North American Indians: chiefly current with reference to the pernicious effects of alcoholic liquors on primitive peoples, or in vituperative or j...
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The Magisterium Series
Call predicts that his dad faked an attack on the Alkahest so that they'd move the Alkahest to a more secure vault made of metal. He tells Tamara about his dad potentially trying to steal the Alkahest.
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Statistical alchemy
He rather proposes a more nuanced interpretation of the metaphor as referring to the Alkahest, a universal solvent, which, it was claimed could turn stone
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什么是贤者之石?
Elixir,长生不老药 Alkahest,万能溶剂 Prima Materia,第一原质 Panacca,包治百病的灵药 Quintessence,第五元素 Atem,阿特姆 Coral of Gold,亚历山大的炼金术士们将贤者之石称为金珊瑚,来源于珊瑚颜色和生长能力 Azoth,词汇中的“A”和
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Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel
Though he lived in an atmosphere of alchemy, he derided the notion of the alkahest or universal solvent, and denounced the deceptions of fraudulent people
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Ley Sector
supplements that gave background to a large section of space that Judges Guild called the Gateway Quadrant, running from Ley Sector (1980) to Maranantha-Alkahest
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