Philosophers stone - Revision history

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	The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "[[stone]]" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.		The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "[[stone]]" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.

	==Modern Reference==
	Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's Stone" ruined a really important analogy...



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	Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's Stone" ruined a really important analogy...		Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's Stone" ruined a really important analogy...



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	The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "[[stone]]" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.		The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "[[stone]]" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.

			==Modern Reference==
	Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's ~~stone~~" ruined a really important analogy...		Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's Stone" ruined a really important analogy...

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	The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "stone" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.		The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "[[stone]]" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to any chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.

	Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's stone" ruined a really important analogy...		Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's stone" ruined a really important analogy...

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2003-06-20T16:01:39Z

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The '''Philosopher's Stone''' was the (theoretical) perfect catalyst that was the goal of medieval [[alchemy]]. The theory went that there existed such a substance (not necessarily a "stone" per se, but generally conceived in powder-form) that could be added to *any* chemical reaction that would catalyse the reaction (ie make it work quicker and with greater efficiency), and yet not be expended itself. Thus it could be used forever and in anything.

Incidentally - the name change for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" to the US version "HP and the Sorceror's stone" ruined a really important analogy...