[AT] Alchemy

[Steve W.]

rlgoss at insightbb.com wrote:
> Steve, if you want some fun reading about obsession with alchemy,
> look up the story of Guttenburg.  You'll have to search extensively
> to find the real information on line.  It seems that every sixth
> grade history class in America uses Guttenburg as the subject matter
> for an experimental class project on writing a website.  You don't
> want to trust material that has been generated by a 12-year old!
> 
> Anyway, Guttenburg was a dentist.  When the authorities found that he
> was hording lead for use in movable type, they arrested him because
> they were afraid he was trying to turn lead into gold.
> 
> The real Guttenburg website is out of Germany.
> 
> Larry

Turning lead into gold is easy... It's keeping the gold later that 
becomes the problem...

-- 
Steve W.
Firefighter,EMT
VanHornesville Vol. Fire Dept