A Chymical Dictionary

Coagulatio

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At a Glance

The word. A change from a thinner to a thicker condition.

In the book. Congelativa and Colliquation provide neighbouring vocabulary for changes of condition, while Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus explicitly places coagulation in a qualified Mercury name.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.

Historical Definition

Coagulatio is the making of a thin thing thick.

Meaning

The definition is deliberately broad. It describes a change in consistency rather than naming a single starting material or a particular modern chemical reaction. A reader should therefore identify what is becoming thicker and what the author calls thin in that setting. The word need not imply that every case produces the same kind of solid.

The form of the definition also makes Coagulatio an action term. It is not simply the name of the resulting product. A passage can distinguish the material before the change, the act of thickening and what remains afterward. Preserving those stages prevents the name of an operation from being mistaken for an ingredient.

Use in the Book

Congelativa and Colliquation provide neighbouring vocabulary for changes of condition, while Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus explicitly places coagulation in a qualified Mercury name. The connection demonstrates that the same broad action can be described through natural agency or through a particular material context. The source passage must establish the mechanism and result in each case.

Places to Read

Congelativa. Medicines classified by stopping a bodily flow.

Colliquation. Melting understood through the example of metals.

Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus. Mercury coagulated by Nature is defined broadly as a solid metal.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Coagulatio ; compare Congelativa, Colliquation, Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus

See also. Congelativa; Colliquation; Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus