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In 1630 a series of short alchemical works were published in Latin editions. There were writted by the Englishman Samuel Norton. They deal with various aspects of alchemy primarily linked to transmutations from Mercury, Copper, Lead, etc. In 1637 these were translated and published in German. Norton created a series of tree diagrams showing the relationships between various operations and substances in the alchemical work. Translated from the German edition by Adam McLean.