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Sallena
Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A material placed within the saltpetre category.
In the book. Compare Sal petre and Sal nitrum for the dictionary’s more detailed accounts of origins and conditions.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.
Historical Definition
Sallena is a kind of saltpetre.
Meaning
A kind of marks a classification rather than an unrestricted equivalence. The compiler places Sallena under saltpetre without describing the feature that distinguishes this kind.
Use in the Book
Compare Sal petre and Sal nitrum for the dictionary’s more detailed accounts of origins and conditions. Those descriptions illuminate the surrounding vocabulary, though neither is explicitly assigned to Sallena.
Places to Read
Sal petre. A salt described through cold air and growth on stone.
Sal nitrum. A salt obtained from earth associated with organic deposits.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile
See also. Sal petre; Sal nitrum