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No. 7. Sketches of Scottish AlchemistsEdited by Adam McLeanThese biographical sketches of Scottish alchemists were originally written in 1875 by John Small. He describes in turn:-Michael Scot; King James IV's court alchemist who in addition to his alchemical experiments attempted to fly with artificial wings from the ramparts of Stirling Castle; Sir George Erskine, privy counsellor to King James VI, who made a extensive collection of alchemical texts; John Napier, 'miraculous Merchiston', inventor of logarithms and the computing device 'Napier's bones', who also actively sought the philosophers' stone; Sir David Lindsay, who had a great interest in alchemy and Rosicrucianism; Alexander Seton, the Scot who performed a number of transmutations in the opening years of the 17th century; Patrick Ruthven, one of the alchemists imprisoned in the Tower of London during the Jacobean age; Patrick Scot, writer of the Tillage of Light.
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