Jabir ibn Hayyan

/ ˈdʒɑːbɪə ˌiːbən hɑːˈjɑːn /

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Jabir ibn Hayyan?721?815MArabSCIENCE: chemist ?721–?815. Arab alchemist, whose many works enjoyed enormous esteem among later alchemists, such as Geber

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Evidence of it can be found in the work of the medieval alchemist and philosopher Jabir ibn Hayyan, who wrote: "The most precious elixirs to ever have been blended on earth were hidden in the pyramids."

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This substance does seem to have been known in the Middle Ages, Allen says: it was described in the writings of the 8th Century Arabic alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, and also by the German Dominican Albertus Magnus in the 13th Century.

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