Part one of term paper
Honors English 1 The art and science of transforming base metals into the noble metals, silver and gold. This is the most common definition of the word , the word however means working with melted metals. There is more to then just the transmutation of metals, it also includes medical science. was also associated with symbolism, which mean ...

Part two of term paper
... it into one of the noble metals such as gold and silver. One way they planned on doing this was to make something called the Philosophers Stone which would work by touching the stone to a metal and it would transform into the metal the alchemists wanted. Many alchemists would spend there whole lives searching for the substance that would start the transmutation that would make them rich, also many alchemists were hired by lords and noblemen who wanted to know the secret so they could become wealth ...