By the 1740s, "alchemy" was now restricted to the realm of gold making, leading to the popular belief that alchemists were charlatans, and the tradition itself nothing more than a fraud.
baɪ ðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z, "ˈælkəmi" wʌz nˈaʊ ɹᵻstɹˈɪktᵻd tə ðə ɹˈɛlm ʌv ɡˈoʊld mˈeɪkɪŋ, lˈiːdɪŋ tə ðə pˈɑːpjʊlɚ bᵻlˈiːf ðæt ˈælkɪmˌɪsts wɜː ʃˈɑːɹlətənz, ænd ðə tɹɐdˈɪʃən ɪtsˈɛlf nˈʌθɪŋ mˈoːɹ ðˌænə fɹˈɔːd.