- Title Pages
- Maps
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Symbols and Conventions
- Abbreviations for Works Cited
- One The Enigma of Newton’s Alchemy
- Two Problems of Authority and Language in Newton’s Chymistry
- Three Religion, Ancient Wisdom, and Newton’s Alchemy
- Four Early Modern Alchemical Theory
- Five The Young Thaumaturge
- Six Optics and Matter: Newton, Boyle, and Scholastic Mixture Theory
- Seven Newton’s Early Alchemical Theoricae
- Eight Toward a General Theory of Vegetability and Mechanism
- Nine The Doves of Diana
- Ten Flowers of Lead
- Eleven Johann de Monte-Snyders in Newton’s Alchemy
- Twelve Attempts at a Unified Practice
- Thirteen The Fortunes of Raymundus
- Fourteen The Shadow of a Noble Experiment
- Fifteen The Quest for Sophic Sal Ammoniac
- Sixteen Extracting Our Venus
- Seventeen Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Alchemical Collaborator
- Eighteen Praxis
- Nineteen The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
- Twenty Public and Private
- Twenty-One The Ghost of Sendivogius
- Twenty-Two A Final Interlude
- Epilogue
- Appendix One The Origin of Newton’s Chymical Dictionaries
- Appendix Two Newton’s “Key to Snyders”
- Appendix Three “Three Mysterious Fires”
- Appendix Four Newton’s Interview with William Yworth
- Index
The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
- Chapter:
- (p.415) Nineteen The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
- Source:
- Newton the Alchemist
- Author(s):
William R. Newman
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
Fatio was not the only chymist with whom Newton collaborated in his maturity. After his move to London in 1696, Newton was evidently approached by the obscure “Captain Hylliard,” who wrote a brief alchemical manifesto that the now famous intellectual and Mint official copied. This chapter provides an extensive analysis of the episode with Hylliard and describes Newton's extended collaboration with the Dutch distiller William Yworth, which also took place after Newton's move to London. Beyond casting new light on the processes behind Yworth's Processus mysterii magni and linking them to Newton's late florilegia, the chapter also uses a recently discovered manuscript in the Royal Society archives to show that the document actually contains the record of a live interview between Newton and Yworth.
Keywords: Isaac Newton, chymist, alchemy, scientific collaboration, Captain Hylliard, William Yworth, lorilegia
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- Title Pages
- Maps
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Symbols and Conventions
- Abbreviations for Works Cited
- One The Enigma of Newton’s Alchemy
- Two Problems of Authority and Language in Newton’s Chymistry
- Three Religion, Ancient Wisdom, and Newton’s Alchemy
- Four Early Modern Alchemical Theory
- Five The Young Thaumaturge
- Six Optics and Matter: Newton, Boyle, and Scholastic Mixture Theory
- Seven Newton’s Early Alchemical Theoricae
- Eight Toward a General Theory of Vegetability and Mechanism
- Nine The Doves of Diana
- Ten Flowers of Lead
- Eleven Johann de Monte-Snyders in Newton’s Alchemy
- Twelve Attempts at a Unified Practice
- Thirteen The Fortunes of Raymundus
- Fourteen The Shadow of a Noble Experiment
- Fifteen The Quest for Sophic Sal Ammoniac
- Sixteen Extracting Our Venus
- Seventeen Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Alchemical Collaborator
- Eighteen Praxis
- Nineteen The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
- Twenty Public and Private
- Twenty-One The Ghost of Sendivogius
- Twenty-Two A Final Interlude
- Epilogue
- Appendix One The Origin of Newton’s Chymical Dictionaries
- Appendix Two Newton’s “Key to Snyders”
- Appendix Three “Three Mysterious Fires”
- Appendix Four Newton’s Interview with William Yworth
- Index
