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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 87
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The life of John Frederick Böttgher, the inventor of hard porcelain, presents a remarkable contrast to that of Palissy; though it also contains many points of singular and almost romantic interest. Böttgher was born at Schleiz, in the Voightland, in 1685, and at twelve years of age was placed apprentice with an apothecary at Berlin. He seems to have been early fascinated by chemistry, and occupied most of his leisure in making experiments. These for the most part tended in one direction—the art of converting common on metals into gold. At the end of several years, Böttgher pretended to have discovered the universal solvent of the alchemists, and professed that he had made gold by its means. He exhibited its powers before his master, the apothecary Zörn, and by some trick or other succeeded in making him and several other witnesses believe that he had actually converted copper into gold.
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定位：Excerpt 87 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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硬瓷发明者约翰·弗里德里希·伯特格的一生与帕利西形成鲜明对比，尽管也充满奇特而近乎传奇的色彩。伯特格1685年生于福伊格特兰的施莱茨，十二岁到柏林一家药房当学徒。他早年似乎就迷上化学，大部分空闲时间都在做实验，而且大多朝着一个方向——把普通金属变成黄金。几年后，伯特格自称发现了炼金术士的万能溶剂，并宣称用它造出了黄金。他在师傅、药房老板佐恩面前展示其效力，并通过某种花招让佐恩和其他几个见证者相信他真的把铜变成了金。
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斯迈尔斯《自助》中另一则故事，讲述伯特格早年沉迷炼金术并声称能点铜成金。
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