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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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Sal enixum

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Sal enixum

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Salt in a dissolved condition.

In the book. The entry gives no special ingredients or proportions.

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

Historical Definition

Sal enixum is salt dissolved.

Meaning

The gloss makes condition the distinguishing feature. Dissolved salt is not the same description as salt growing on a surface or salt extracted from another material.

Use in the Book

The entry gives no special ingredients or proportions. Its short equivalence is retained without extending the name to a uniquely identified modern compound.

Places to Read

Sal congelatum. A salt named through its occurrence in baths.

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

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

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

See also. Sal congelatum; Sal petre

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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.

About This Edition

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.