Her Athanor had been alight for fifteen years.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
On the contrary, the jumble of experiences and impressions which fell to the lot of the author as to us all had assuredly been placed in the Athanor of art, in that furnace of the sages which is said to be governed with wisdom.
"The Ghost Ship"
Richard Middleton
From documents which we posses we can see his supervising the construction of the Athanor, or alchemists' furnace, buying pelicans, crucibles, and retorts.
"Là-bas"
J. K. Huysmans