''Tyrocinium Chymicum'' was a published set of chemistry lecture notes started by
Jean Beguin Jean Beguin (1550–1620) was an iatrochemist noted for his 1610 ''Tyrocinium Chymicum'' (Begin Chemistry)Digital edition, which many consider to be one of the first chemistry textbooks. In the 1615 edition of his textbook, Beguin made the first-e ...
in 1610 in Paris, France. It has been cited as the first
chemistry textbook (as opposed to that for
alchemy
Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, ...
). Many of the preparations were pharmaceutical in nature.
References
* ''Tyrocinium Chymicum'', Jean Beguinus, Richard Russell (Translator), Published by Heptangle Books (1983)
669 edition facsimile
External links
Antonio Clericuzio, Chemical Textbooks in the Seventeenth Century
1610 books
History of chemistry
Chemistry books
1610 in science
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