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Sal aluminosum
Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A salt named through the material from which it is extracted.
In the book. The neighboring salt entries are distinguished by origin or preparation.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.
Historical Definition
Sal aluminosum is salt extracted from alumen plumosum.
Meaning
The full compound name identifies a derived preparation. The source material is alumen plumosum, retained as a historical term because the sentence supplies no further identification of it.
Use in the Book
The neighboring salt entries are distinguished by origin or preparation. Sal crystallinum comes from human urine; Sal Calcotharinum from the colcothar of vitriol. Salt therefore works as a wider class word in this sequence.
Places to Read
Sal crystallinum. A salt preparation identified by its human source.
Sal Calcotharinum. A salt derived from vitriolic colcothar.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile
See also. Sal crystallinum; Sal Calcotharinum