A New Light of Alchymie Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.

Part 25

Chapter 25280 wordsPublic domain

_Williams_ at the Bible in Little-brittain[Britain], 1650.

_Aniadum_ is a a[2x] celestiall body planted in us Christians

Then comes Ares Ares[2x] another dispenser of Nature,

_Arthoicnm_[Arthoicum] is red oyle, artificially extracted

concerning the observation of of[2x] Winds, as when

_Cherionium_ is that in which Natture[Nature] cannot be altered,

and supernaturll[supernaturall] constellations are

stars of terrrestial[terrestial] things, and with wine.

_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.