66 OF THE ORIGIN OF CHEMISTRY. 



of Dbfcorus, the high priefl of Sera- 

 pis in Alexandria, and the Letter of Synefius to 

 the fame Diofcorus; being a comment on the 

 Tindure of gold and iilver of Democritus. 

 7.ofimus mentions this, who, therefore mufl have 

 lived after thefe pbilofophers ; but it is impof- 

 iible, in a general Iketch only, to lix the age of 

 every one with pcrfccl accuracy. 



'/.ofimus of Panopolis, fo highly eftccmed by 

 the alchemifis, was alfo referred to the fifth cen- 

 tury. His work, Of the Compojhion cf Waters; 

 of the facr cd and divine Art ; of Finite, and In- 

 tcrpr elation ; of Injlnnnents and Cbimnies ; of the 

 AJbtjlos; and his mylHc trcatife and writing to 

 Thcolcbia, are all prcfcrvcd in diflcrent libra- 

 ries: None of them however have yet been 

 printed. 



Olympiodorus, who lived a fhort time before 

 the emperor Thcodolius, lias commented upon 

 the practical treatilc of T.oilmus, of the manner 

 ofivorkinjfi and upon thole which are attribut- 

 ed to IIcrrnes,and other.-, rcipccling tlie making 

 of gold. 



Thcophrartus the philofopher, on the facred 

 and divine Art ; Hicrotheus on the Pbih/lj- 

 pbcrs/hnc, on the facred Art % and the Method of 

 making Gold ; Archelnm on the chemical Art,; 

 Anepigraphvu on CbnftjMiea, and the way to 

 ivbiten divijie Water ; Pelagins on the divine and 

 fared Art ; Eugc-nius on the fared .<///, and the 



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