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THE lecture concerned dealt exclusively with certain aspects of seventeenth century alchemy, and Maier's musical compositions of 1618 may perhaps be taken as the last and most definite attempt to associate alchemy with music. Prof. Partington's early references are very interesting.
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READ, J. Alchemy and Music. Nature 136, 107 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136107b0
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