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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Mercurius laxus

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Mercurius laxus

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mercurial name equated with turbith mineral.

In the book. Other Mercurius compounds in the dictionary are defined by source, colour or preparation.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361.

Historical Definition

Mercurius laxus is turbith mineral.

Meaning

The entry supplies another technical name rather than an ingredient list. The added word mineral is part of the equivalent and should not be lost by reading only a familiar resemblance to a plant or preparation-name.

Use in the Book

Other Mercurius compounds in the dictionary are defined by source, colour or preparation. This one uses a direct equivalence, so those surrounding definitions should not be combined into an unstated recipe for it.

Places to Read

Mercurius Corallinus. A mercurial preparation identified through a coral-red result.

Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus. A preparation specified by metallic extraction followed by precipitation.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 361, Mercurius laxus

See also. Mercurius Corallinus; Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus

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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.

About This Edition

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.