Georgius Hornius, who was greatly interested in alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy, in his later life, was swindled out of the considerable sum of 5,000 guilders by a fraudulent alchemist in 1665.
Georgius Hornius, who was greatly interested in alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy, in his later life, was swindled out of the considerable sum of 5,000 guilders by a fraudulent alchemist in 1665.