The cover of Lawrence Principe's book (The Transmutations of Chymistry: Wilhelm Homberg and the Academie Royale des Sciences), featuring Thomas Wyck's painting, An Alchemist in his Studio, which is currently in the collections of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia.
Wilhelm Homberg, the chymist known for the rigorous experiments he conducted as director of the Académie des Sciences' chemical laboratory, is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay.
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