transmutation

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Transmutation is like the opposite of nuclear decay; instead of an element breaking apart and releasing radiation, a neutron can be added to an unstable element changing it into a slightly heavier version of itself.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

In July, opened first notebook on Transmutation of Species.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

Nevertheless, I could not choose but speak to him thus: Sir, You see I have a very convenient Laboratory, in which you may shew me the Metallick Transmutation.

From The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires by Helvetius, John Frederick

So you see, therefore, that Mental Transmutation is really the "Magic" of which the ancient; writers had so much to say in their mystical works, and about which they gave so few practical instructions.

From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates

Terms of specialization, 87 Transmutation of instinct, 171 —— of sex, 251 Vacation schools, 22, 114 Variation within a sex, 89 —— amongst women, 90 Venereal diseases, 219 et seq.

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by Saleeby, C. W. (Caleb Williams)