A Chymical Dictionary

Laxa Chimolea

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A salt distinguished by its growth on stones.

In the book. Sal petre and Nebulgea also connect saline materials with stones, but add different accounts of their formation.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357.

Historical Definition

Laxa Chimolea is salt growing upon stones.

Meaning

The place of growth identifies the material. The definition names neither a separate stone nor a salt extracted from one by an operation: it describes salt found growing upon stones. That small difference in preposition matters when following accounts of the origin of materials.

Use in the Book

Sal petre and Nebulgea also connect saline materials with stones, but add different accounts of their formation. Their shared setting does not by itself establish that all three names identify the same substance.

Places to Read

Sal petre. A salt described through cold air and growth on stone.

Nebulgea. A salt whose formation is related to cloud moisture, stones and solar heat.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 357, Laxa Chimolea

See also. Sal petre; Nebulgea