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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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Organopeotica

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Organopeotica

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At a Glance

The word. The invention of warlike instruments.

In the book. Thamatica concerns engines moved by air and water, while Mangonaria concerns an art employed with weights.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.

Historical Definition

Organopeotica is an art of devising instruments of war.

Meaning

Finding out means devising or inventing in this sentence. The entry concerns an art directed toward a particular class of instruments, rather than a single device or a material preparation.

Use in the Book

Thamatica concerns engines moved by air and water, while Mangonaria concerns an art employed with weights. These comparisons show the breadth of mechanical and practical arts included in the dictionary.

Places to Read

Mangonaria. An art defined through the handling or alteration of heaviness.

Thamatica. The design of devices driven by air and water.

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

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Organopeotica; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Mangonaria, Thamatica, Mechanopeotica

See also. Mangonaria; Thamatica; 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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