Kimit elevatum

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A cinnabar preparation identified by whiteness and sublimation.

In the book. Mercurius Crystallinus also names a material through repeated sublimation and its resulting clarity.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356.

Historical Definition

Kimit elevatum is white cinnabar sublimed.

Meaning

Both the colour and the operation qualify this name. The reader is given a white material called cinnabar after sublimation, rather than an unqualified equivalent for every substance called cinnabar. The participle elevatum belongs with that upward treatment.

Use in the Book

Mercurius Crystallinus also names a material through repeated sublimation and its resulting clarity. Such entries encode a prepared state in the headword. They cannot be read adequately by treating the base material-name alone as the full definition.

Places to Read

Mercurius Crystallinus. A repeatedly sublimed mercurial preparation characterised by crystal-like clarity.

In This Edition

The historically stated identification is retained. No modern composition is assigned merely to reconcile the term cinnabar with the stated colour.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 356, Kimit elevatum

See also. Mercurius Crystallinus