A Chymical Dictionary

Nebulgea

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

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

In the book. Laxa Chimolea names salt growing upon stones, while Sal petre adds cold places and congealing by cold air.

In this edition. A textual note records the reading of the 1650 printing and the editorial treatment.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Nebulgea is salt formed when moisture from a cloud falls upon stones in meadows and is hardened by the sun’s heat.

Meaning

The account places the material within a sequence: moisture descends, rests upon stones and is hardened through heat from the sun. The setting in meadows is also retained. The definition describes an origin or formation, rather than a salt recovered by an artificial extraction.

Use in the Book

Laxa Chimolea names salt growing upon stones, while Sal petre adds cold places and congealing by cold air. The entries connect salts with their settings and different accounts of how they acquire solidity.

Places to Read

Laxa Chimolea. A salt distinguished by its growth on stones.

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

In This Edition

The modernised definition reads cloud where the original prints loud. The missing initial letter is a disclosed correction, not a new kind of material or an interpretation of loudness. The source record preserves the defective reading and its textual note.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Nebulgea

See also. Laxa Chimolea; Sal petre