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Stibium
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A historical name equated with antimony.
In the book. The local equation should remain the starting point when reading compounds that contain stibium.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.
Historical Definition
Stibium is antimony.
Meaning
The dictionary supplies an English equivalent for the headword. This short statement does not distinguish an ore, a purified metal or a particular preparation.
Use in the Book
The local equation should remain the starting point when reading compounds that contain stibium. A more precise material identification requires the qualifiers and operations in the passage being read.
Alcofol supplies stibium or antimony as its identification, and Caput corvi is directly equated with antimony. These entries provide routes from alternative names to the material family. Their brief equations still leave any particular preparation to the passage being read.
Places to Read
Alcofol. A variant-name entry identifying stibium or antimony.
Caput corvi. A raven-head expression identified with antimony.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Stibium; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Alcofol, Caput corvi
See also. Alcofol; Caput corvi