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Oleum squaminum
Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. An alternative name for oil of tartar.
In the book. Oleum ardens adds the highest degree of correction to that base name.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.
Historical Definition
Oleum squaminum is oil of tartar.
Meaning
The compiler supplies the prepared material as an equivalent, without adding a colour or a degree of correction. The unfamiliar headword therefore offers a lexical route to oil of tartar, not an independent description of a further operation.
Use in the Book
Oleum ardens adds the highest degree of correction to that base name. Retaining the difference allows a reader to distinguish an unqualified oil from the specially qualified condition described there.
Places to Read
Oleum ardens. Oil of tartar named in its highest stated degree of correction.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 364, Oleum squaminum
See also. Oleum ardens