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Hennig Brand, German Alchemist

Hennig Brand (1630 -1692/1710) was a German merchant and alchemist. Brand searched for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which supposedly transformed base metals into gold. By the time his first wife died he had exhausted her money on this pursuit. He then married his second wife Margaretha, a wealthy widow whose financial resources allowed him to continue the search. Around 1669 he heated residues from boiled-down urine on his furnace until the retort was red hot, glowing fumes filled it and liquid dripped out, bursting into flames. He captured the liquid in a jar and covered it, where it solidified and continued to give off a pale-green glow. What he collected was phosphorus, which he named from the Greek word for "light-bearing" or "light-bearer." Phosphorus must have been awe-inspiring to an alchemist: it was a product of man, and seeming to glow with a "life force" that did not diminish over time. He kept his discovery secret and worked with the phosphorus trying unsuccessfully to produce gold.
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Hennig Brand, German Alchemist
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Traducción automática: Hennig Brand (1630-1692/1710) fue un comerciante y alquimista alemán. Brand buscó la "piedra filosofal", una sustancia que supuestamente transformaba los metales básicos en oro. Cuando murió su primera esposa, él había agotado su dinero en esta búsqueda. Luego se casó con su segunda esposa Margaretha, una viuda adinerada cuyos recursos económicos le permitieron continuar la búsqueda. Alrededor de 1669 calentó los residuos de la orina hervida en su horno hasta que la retorta se puso al rojo vivo, los vapores incandescentes la llenaron y el líquido goteó y estalló en llamas. Capturó el líquido en un frasco y lo cubrió, donde se solidificó y continuó emitiendo un brillo verde pálido. Lo que recogió fue fósforo, al que nombró de la palabra griega que significa "portador de luz" o "portador de luz". El fósforo debe haber inspirado temor a un alquimista: era un producto del hombre y parecía brillar con una "fuerza vital" que no disminuía con el tiempo. Mantuvo su descubrimiento en secreto y trabajó con el fósforo intentando, sin éxito, producir oro.
Hennig Brand (1630 -1692/1710) was a German merchant and alchemist. Brand searched for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which supposedly transformed base metals into gold. By the time his first wife died he had exhausted her money on this pursuit. He then married his second wife Margaretha, a wealthy widow whose financial resources allowed him to continue the search. Around 1669 he heated residues from boiled-down urine on his furnace until the retort was red hot, glowing fumes filled it and liquid dripped out, bursting into flames. He captured the liquid in a jar and covered it, where it solidified and continued to give off a pale-green glow. What he collected was phosphorus, which he named from the Greek word for "light-bearing" or "light-bearer." Phosphorus must have been awe-inspiring to an alchemist: it was a product of man, and seeming to glow with a "life force" that did not diminish over time. He kept his discovery secret and worked with the phosphorus trying unsuccessfully to produce gold.
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3084 x 4500 px | 39.7 MB
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26.1 x 38.1 cm | 10.3 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)
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