1. For example, Crosland M. P., in Historical studies in the language of chemistry (London, 1962), 53–56, discusses A. J. Hopkins's suggestion in Alchemy, child of Greek philosophy (New York, 1934) that the word ‘gold’ changed in meaning from Alexandrian times. Medieval alchemists misinterpreted their sources because they did not realize that the Alexandrians used the word ‘gold’ for ‘any gold-coloured metal, alloy or bronze’, rather than just for the metal ‘gold’ itself.
2. The Impact of Archimedes on Medieval Science