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Lethargius
Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A name defined through finding mines.
In the book. Marcasita and Kachimia describe unripe metallic matter; Lethargius concerns finding the mine.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.
Historical Definition
Lethargius is a finder of mines.
Meaning
The finder’s function is the whole explanation provided. The entry does not say whether the immediate referent is a person, an instrument or a power invoked in a particular account. Selecting one of those possibilities would go beyond its wording.
Use in the Book
Marcasita and Kachimia describe unripe metallic matter; Lethargius concerns finding the mine. This distinction keeps an agent or means of discovery separate from the material discovered.
Places to Read
Kachimia. Metallic ore described as unripe and at its beginning.
Marcasita. A varied category of metallic matter understood as unripe.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Lethargius