Newton's obsession with counterfeiters never made sense to me until I read Neal Stephenson Baroque Cycle. He makes a good case for tying it with Newton's prior alemetical pursuits.
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I don't think it was an obsession. It was personal with Chaloner, because Chaloner called Newton a fraud.
Newton was dutiful, honest and smart.
He was also petty and vindictive. As shown by using his status in a long running attempt to ruin Leibnitz's reputation over the invention of calculus.
What does "alemetical" mean?
> alemetical
I'd say, "disparaging against the Germans" or "repulsed by confederations" ('Alemanni' ∩ 'emetic').
If somebody is proficient in Arabic, maybe 'emetic' (after article "Al-") makes sense also outside IE...
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Name checks, Acumenical ;) :D
OP possibly meant alchemical? Can't seem to find anything for almetical.
Damn autocorrect! Also, I was amused that the parent's question is Google's current second result.
As far as I can see, it's not_a_word.
*alchemical