Puzzle Description:

The Seven Metals of Alchemy and their Planetary Symbols. Isaac Newton devoted considerably more of his writing to the study of Alchemy than he did to either optics or physics.

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 23, 2010 [SPOILER]

The symbols represent:
Iron/Mars ------------------ Silver/Luna
Copper/Venus ---- Mercury/Mercury ---- Tin/Jupiter
Gold/Sun -------------------Lead/Saturn

Yep, this one was sitting in my unpublished list for a long time.

Very interesting. I'm taking Physics right now, so it's surprising to hear that he accomplished so much in an area that wasn't even his main focus. I actually never made the men are from Mars and women are from Venus, with their planets matching their symbols here.

Amazing paint-by-number! I loved solving it. Lots of fun. Thanks Teresa.

Thanks, Diana and Jewel. I never noticed that before either, Diana.

Yes, looking at Newton's unpublished writings, it is clear that Newton was the greatest alchemist that ever lived. See Westfall, Never at Rest, Cambridge University Press, 1981.

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