Alchemy tried in the fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the fate of Helmontian chymistry

Worlds apart

Number, weight, measure, and experiment in chymistry from the Medievals to Van Helmont

Theory and practice; Starkey's laboratory methodology

Scholasticism, metallurgy and secrecy in the laboratory; the style and origin of Starkey's notebooks

Starkey, Boyle, and chymistry in the Hartlib circle

The legacy of Van Helmont's and Starkey's chymistry; Boyle, Homberg, and the chemical revolution.