A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.Sedziwój, Michal
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A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.
Sedziwój, Michal
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Sulfur
_Mechanopeotica_ (_see Transcriber’s Note_) is an invention of
“Mechanopeotica” was undoubtedly originally a typo for
“Mechanopoetica”, however, but it seems to have taken on a life of
its own. “Mechanopoetica” is a Greek word meaning “the making of
machinery”.
loud[cloud] falling upon stones in meadowes, and hardened
_Opopopyron[Opopyron] Laudani_ is _Paracelsus_ his medicine to
_Orizeum præcipitatum_ is Gold brought into a Cros[Crocus],
_Organopeotica_ (_see Transcriber’s Note_) is an Art finding out
“Organopeotica” was undoubtedly originally a typo for
“Organopoetica”, however, but it seems to have taken on a life of
its own. “Organopoetica” is a Greek word meaning “the making of
instruments”.
_Relloleum_ is a vertue from the complexionn[complexion], as in
_Saltz_, _saltz_[_sultz_], _Selenipum_, is brine.
_Staraphaxat_ is a resinging[restringing] or
“Resinging” is an obsolete spelling for “resigning”. However, more
likely, the intended word might be “restringing”, from the root word
“stringe”, meaning “to close or block up”.
_Thamatica_ (_see Transcriber’s Note_) is an art of inventing engines
“Thamatica” was undoubtedly originally a typo for “Thaumatica”,
however, but it seems to have taken on a life of its own.
“Thaumatica” is a Greek word meaning “wonders”.
_Wismodt_ in[is] Tin that is foule and immalleable,
And finally, while not a typo, in the Chymicall Dictionary, there was
an entry:
_Anotasier_}
_Aliocab_ } are Salt Armoniack.
_Alemzadar_}
which was changed to:
_Anotasier_, _Aliocab_ or _Alemzadar_ is Salt Armoniack.
to be consistent in format with the rest of the dictionary.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A New Light of Alchymie, by
Micheel Sandivogius and Paracelsus
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