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Calx Iovis
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A tin-related calx name glossed as a spirit.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 13; facsimile PDF page 341.
Historical Definition
Calx Iovis is the spirit of tin.
Meaning
The explicit identification with tin is more informative here than translating the planetary name alone. The definition also calls the product a spirit, showing that a calx expression should not automatically be replaced by one modern category of dry powder. This entry has its own stated sense.
Read the other Calx entries as a varied family: some identify ash, some a precipitate, some a prepared metal. The common first word does not erase the differences. A passage’s operation must determine what this spirit of tin is intended to be.
Places to Read
Iupiter. The planetary name Jupiter denotes tin here.
Calx Mercurii. Mercury identified in a precipitated condition.
Calx lignorum. A direct identification of a calx as ash from wood.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 13; facsimile PDF page 341 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Calx Iovis ; compare Iupiter, Calx Mercurii, Calx lignorum
See also. Iupiter; Calx Mercurii; Calx lignorum