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Thamatica
Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. The design of devices driven by air and water.
In the book. This broad chemical dictionary includes mechanical arts alongside materials and medicines.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.
Historical Definition
Thamatica is an art of devising engines moved by air and water.
Meaning
Engines means constructed devices or mechanisms. The definition identifies their moving powers as air and water. It concerns an art of invention, rather than a single named vessel.
Use in the Book
This broad chemical dictionary includes mechanical arts alongside materials and medicines. Compare Reverberatorium for a specific furnace and Viltrum philosophorum for an instrument whose identity changes with its qualification.
Places to Read
Reverberatorium. A furnace defined by flame calcination.
Viltrum philosophorum. An instrument name whose qualifier changes its identification.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile
See also. Reverberatorium; Viltrum philosophorum