Did You Know?
Do you know Newton the Alchemist?
A recently rediscovered papers of Newton revealed his secret interest in alchemy (of turning base metal into gold) and that he wrote extensively about his experiments: Newton's alchemical studies were kept secret during his lifetime. The making of gold and silver was a felony under an act of 1404. Newton was a creature of his time when many scholars believed in a philosopher's stone that could transmute base metal into gold. They tended to record their studies in wilfully obscure language.
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