The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Alchemists tried to turn base metals such as lead into gold.

Tom and John are both competent alchemists. Tom often shows himself to be the more skillful, but both experience explosions in the lab.

Isaac Newton was an English alchemist.

Sulfuric acid was already known to medieval alchemists as oil of vitriol.

Alchemists tried to transmute base metals into gold and silver.

Wouldn’t you think an alchemist to be a god, if he could add ten years to your lifespan, and bring back old age to the vigour of youth?

The alchemists wanted to turn lead into gold.

Alchemists believed that the philosopher's stone was capable of extending a person's life.

The alchemists sought to produce gold from other substances, such as lead.