Quintessences

F. J. J. Clarke, in J. W. McLean, ed.. Dental Ceramics Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Ceramics Quintessence Publishing Co., Chicago, 1983, p. 441. 

W. J. O Brien, Dental Materials Properties and Selection Quintessence Publishing Co., Chicago, 1989, p. 397. 

J. R. Mackert, in J. D. Preston, ed.. Perspectives in Dental Ceramics Proceeding of the Fourth International Symposium on Ceramics Quintessence Publishing... 

D. G. Grossman, in W. H. Murmann, ed.. International Symposium on Computer Restorations Quintessence Publishing Co., Berlin, 1991,103. 

Nonetheless, the few potent alchemical medicines that he did advocate reveal his unorthodox religious views. At the heart of Fludd s alchemy is the recipe for a red elixir which he described as being a catholic, that is, a universal medicine. It was the quintessence of both Nature and of the human soul, being permeated by the Holy Spirit of the resurrected Christ." It was said to be the alchemical equivalent of human blood, a tincture extracted from the red-oil of wheat. 

Wilson, A. D. McLean, J. W. (1988). Glass-Ionomer Cement. Chicago, London, etc. Quintessence Publishers. 

Hicks, M. J., Flaitz, C. M. Silverstone, L. M. (1986). Secondary caries formation in vitro around glass ionomer restorations. Quintessence International, 17, 527-32. 

Hunt, P. R. (1984). A modified class II cavity preparation for glass ionomer restorative materials. Quintessence International, 15, 1011-18. 

McLean, J. W. Gasser, O. (1985). Glass-cermet cements. Quintessence, 16, 333 3. 

At head of text "Theodorus Mundanus His answer to W. Dickinson concerning Quintessence of the Philosophers". At end of text "Theodorus Mundanus. Paris the 10 of the Calander of October, 1684. Liber Nichola Hinckley. 1692. (British Museum MSS. Slone 3762.)". For the moment, I have assumed that Mundanus is English... 

Transcribed by Dusan Djordjevic Mileusnic from Paracelsus his Archidoxis Comprised in Ten Books, Disclosing the Genuine way of making Quintessences, Arcanums,... 

Paracelsus. Paracelsus his archidoxis, or, chief teachings comprised in ten books, disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, c. Together with his books of renovation restauration. Of the tincture of the philosophers. 

Conference XXXVII Of the Cabala pp. 220-224 Conference XLIII Of the philosophers stone pp. 256-260 Conference LX Of quintessence pp. 361-364... 

Extracted from his Alchemy rediscovered and restored (1940). Contents The one thing The Archaeus The scientific approach The Quintessence... 

Taylor, Frank Sherwood. "The idea of the quintessence." In Essays in honour of Charles Singer, ed. E.A. Underwood, 247-265. Oxford OUP, 1953. 

James E. Peebles, professor emeritus at Princeton (2001), offers his own description. He states that at present the house of cosmological theories resembles scaffolding which is solidly assembled but still has large gaps. The open questions are those of dark matter , inflation and quintessence . We live in exciting times for cosmology. ... 

The quintessence hypothesis was proposed by J. P. Ostriker and Steinhardt (2001). The authors use the term quintessence ( fifth substance ) to describe a quantum force field which is gravitationally repulsive. It has a certain similarity to an electrical or magnetic field and could lead to an invisible energy field which accelerates cosmic expansion. 

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