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Egyptians are famous for having applied chemical techniques: embambling, preparation of perfumes,poisons and creation of pigments. In 1000 BC creams, make-up,and even soap were born in Egypt, Then the Metallurgical art is developed
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In 500 BC Aristotles thinks that matter is given by the combination by four elements : Aria , Acqua, Terra e Fuoco
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In 7th century A.D, Arabs invaded Egypt and appropriated that science that becomes Al Kimya (ALCHEMY)
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Al kimya remains a practice closely to Mystery and Religione. It occupies a very large historically and is considered as the ancestor of Chemistry.
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They went in search of the philosopher's stone of the elixir of long life and perpetual of motion, They did not find gold or machine that worked with that energy. They tried many times again and again until those attempts produced a number of stills and chemical practices that are still important today. Several chimical terms comes from Arabic: Alkaline,Alcohol,Naptha
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The one of last alchemist is Paracelso called as "Doctor-pharmacist" who began to understand the importance of producing new substances to cure diseases
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The birth of modern Chemistry is made to coincide with by a experiment By Lavoisier which led to the Law of the conservation olf the mass.
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At the end of the 18th century some aspects such as a) scientific method is applied b(measurements are made C)Data is published. Above all of the convention that chemistry, as modern Science was Born.