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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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Sallena

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Sallena

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A material placed within the saltpetre category.

In the book. Compare Sal petre and Sal nitrum for the dictionary’s more detailed accounts of origins and conditions.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.

Historical Definition

Sallena is a kind of saltpetre.

Meaning

A kind of marks a classification rather than an unrestricted equivalence. The compiler places Sallena under saltpetre without describing the feature that distinguishes this kind.

Use in the Book

Compare Sal petre and Sal nitrum for the dictionary’s more detailed accounts of origins and conditions. Those descriptions illuminate the surrounding vocabulary, though neither is explicitly assigned to Sallena.

Places to Read

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

Sal nitrum. A salt obtained from earth associated with organic deposits.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sallena; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Sal petre, Sal nitrum

See also. Sal petre; Sal nitrum

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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.