William R. Newman, Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xvi+348, illus. ISBN 0-674-34171-6. £39.95 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Science 30 (1):101-121 (1997)
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