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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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Lorindt

Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Waters described through movement or the harmony they produce.

In the book. Mechanopeotica concerns the invention of water-works and the conveyance of water to high places.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.

Historical Definition

Lorindt is the movement of waters, or a harmony made by them.

Meaning

The two equivalents concern an event or effect, rather than a particular ingredient. Water is in motion; alternatively, its activity is apprehended as a harmony. The wording does not specify an instrument producing that harmony or describe an engineered water-work.

Use in the Book

Mechanopeotica concerns the invention of water-works and the conveyance of water to high places. Lorindt should remain distinct from that technological category even when a passage brings moving water and a device together.

Places to Read

Mechanopeotica. An inventive art exemplified by raising and conveying water.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Lorindt

See also. Mechanopeotica

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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.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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