Joel Langelott Explained

Joel Langelott (also Langellott or Langelot; born Thuringia, Germany, 1617 – 1680) was a German physician and alchemical writer who became court physician to Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

Langelott was a traveler to England, and contributed to the Philosophical Transactions for 1672.[1] His best-known chemical work is the Epistula ad praecellentissimos naturae curiosos of 1672.[2]

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  1. Langelot. Joel. 1672. An Extract of a Latin Epistle of Dr. Joel Langelot, Chief Physitian to the Duke of Holstein Now Regent: Wherein is Represented, That by These Three Chymical Operations, Digestion, Fermentation, and Triture, or Grinding, (Hitherto, in the Authors Opinion, Not Sufficiently Regarded) Many Things of Admirable Use May be Performed. English'd by the Publisher. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 7. 87. 5052–5059. 100957. 10.1098/rstl.1672.0044. 1672RSPT....7.5052L.
  2. Web site: Joelis Langelotti ... Epistola ad praecellentissimos naturae curiosos. : De quibusdam in chymia praetermissis, quorum occasione secreta haud exigui momenti proq[ue] non-entibus hactenus habita, candidè deteguntur & demonstrantur.. - University of Oxford . library.ox.ac.uk . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20121223140238/http://library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID=15113691 . 23 December 2012 . dead.