chymistry
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Boerhaave lost none of his hours, but, when he had attained one science, attempted another; he added physick to divinity, chymistry to the mathematicks, and anatomy to botany.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
It is only since the revival or new epoch of chymistry, that the learned have been occupied in researches on fermentation.
There "he diverted himself with chymistry and the professor's good conversation."
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
He was a chymist, as far as chymistry went in those dayes, and 'tis very likely he was a favorite of her honour's.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
Among the smaller paradoxes of the day is that of the Times newspaper, which always spells it chymistry: but so, I believe, do Johnson, Walker, and others.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
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