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Diatessadelton
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A name for Mercury in a precipitated condition.
In the book. Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus describes Mercury extracted from metals and precipitated.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.
Historical Definition
Diatessadelton is precipitated Mercury.
Meaning
The qualifier identifies a prepared condition. The entry does not merely say Mercury, and the word precipitated should therefore remain visible. It gives no material used in the preparation or further account of the resulting substance.
Use in the Book
Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus describes Mercury extracted from metals and precipitated. Turbith minerale is Mercury precipitated into a sweetness without a corrosive. Those added conditions belong to their own entries. They help explain why the brief Diatessadelton gloss does not by itself identify every precipitated mercurial preparation.
Places to Read
Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus. A preparation specified by metallic extraction followed by precipitation.
Turbith minerale. A mercury preparation described through precipitation and sweetness.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Diatessadelton
See also. Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus; Turbith minerale