Chemistry Began Long Before Modern Labs
Ancient civilizations were already extracting metals, fermenting beer and wine, and making soap, glass, pottery, glazes, perfumes, and bronze. Practical chemistry existed long before chemistry had its modern name.How Chemistry Emerged from Alchemy
It Grew Out of Alchemy
The word chemistry came from a Renaissance modification of alchemy. Alchemy mixed metallurgy, medicine, mysticism, astronomy, and the dream of turning base metals into gold.How Chemistry Emerged from Alchemy
