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Did Euopean medieval alchemists ever transform things into gold?
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No. Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone. Alchemy was basically chemistry with a lot of magic thrown into it. The alchemists were sorcerer want to be's. They attempted to conjure spirits, and use spells on chemicals that they believed contained magical properties, all in a vain attempt to convert base metals into something of greater value. Even Isaac Newton, probably the greatest scientific mind of the last 500 years, accomplished nothing in alchemy, even though he experimented with it for decades.
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A turner was a person who turned things on a lathe, or a lathe operator.
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5 bad things about the medieval times?
poor health conditions and at those times there wasn't enough medicine
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The alchemists were trying to make gold out of ordinary things.
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earthquakes
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What word means 'relating to the middle ages'?
Middle ages things and times are called Medieval.
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trebouchet
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Because they can Transform in to cars and planes and other things.
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well.....just turn things until they move.
How did the people in the renaissance feel about Medieval time?
The people in the renaisance were tired of the views and the ideas of the medieval time, and thought the medieval people had a pessimistic view on things.
What is a medieval clark?
A scribe or clerk; someone who recorded things and wrote things down
