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Word: alchemyâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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Here is a new temptation to solve the old problem of alchemy???how to make gold. Here is the 80th electron of a mercury atom revolving around its nucleus, much like a planet around the sun, waiting to be knocked off and leave the precious old Midas-metal in the chemist's palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eightieth Electron | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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