And finally the secret, fascinating inquiries of the alchemists, were spreading far and wide and setting men to the petty, furtive, and yet fruitful resumption of experimental science.

• 最后，炼金术士秘密、有趣的探索正在广泛传播，使得人们下定决心重新开始小规模的、偷偷摸摸的但是富有成效的实验科学。