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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Hadid

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A dictionary name for iron.

In the book. Edir allows steel or iron, while Calx Martis names a crocus of steel or iron.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353.

Historical Definition

Hadid is iron.

Meaning

The definition supplies one metal identification and no qualifying preparation, grade or source. The unfamiliar name should not imply a distinct compound merely because it appears alongside more elaborate chymical vocabulary.

Use in the Book

Edir allows steel or iron, while Calx Martis names a crocus of steel or iron. Those entries distinguish a broader pair of material names from a prepared form. Hadid itself remains the direct identification with iron.

Places to Read

Calx Martis. An iron or steel preparation named through crocus vocabulary.

Edir. A name covering steel and iron.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Hadid

See also. Calx Martis; Edir

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.