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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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Reverberatorium

Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A furnace defined by flame calcination.

In the book. Compare Vulcanus, the name given simply to fire, and Vulcanii, workers continually occupied about it.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Reverberatorium is a furnace in which matter is calcined by a flame.

Meaning

This is an instrument entry. The action performed in the furnace, calcination, distinguishes it from a generic source of warmth. The definition does not provide dimensions, fuel, temperature or a plan for construction.

Use in the Book

Compare Vulcanus, the name given simply to fire, and Vulcanii, workers continually occupied about it. Together these entries distinguish the agent, the practitioner and a particular instrument.

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Vulcanii. Names for practitioners habitually occupied with fire.

Vulcanus. A name directly equated with fire.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Reverberatorium; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Vulcanii, Vulcanus

See also. Vulcanii; Vulcanus

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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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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.