Elias Ashmole donated his massive collection and created the first
public museum, The Ashmolean Museum in England.

Near Oxford where Elias sat in the same chair that his student made
super famous. He was the Kings science adviser and carried royal levels.

Martin

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 6, 11:07 pm, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote:
...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton's_occult_studies
jsw
OBTW - remember the times :
Newton was a student of Elias Ashmole. Ashmole gathered during the purges in
England all of he science and 'occult' as the priest of the time held all of
this. ...
Martin

I wondered where the odd name "Ashmolean" came from.

Alchemy included the body of practical chemical knowledge. The thousand
+ year old assaying and smelting methods of Theophilius, Biringuccio
and Agricola are still useful. We learned the blowpipe and charcoal
block technique, with which you can literally smelt ores into metals
in your hand.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ospectors.html

I used it with a candle to make little animals from splinters of a
broken milk glass light fixture, which turned a spotted brown when
overheated.

jsw