{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d46","title":"Von Kempelen and His Discovery","publish_year":1849,"publish_source":"The Flag of our Union","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"von-kempelen-and-his-discovery","words":2811,"image":"cat.jpg","image_alt":"A cat's eyes in the darkness. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","horror"],"blurb":"A discovery which declares, in so many words, that beyond its intrinsic worth for manufacturing purposes (whatever that worth may be), gold now is, or at least soon will be (for it cannot be supposed that Von Kempelen can long retain his secret), of no greater value than lead, and of far inferior value to silver.","description":"A man discovers the mystery of alchemy: turning lead into gold.","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}