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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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Fulmen

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Silver qualified by purification.

In the book. Fida names silver and sometimes gold; Luna is directly glossed as silver.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351.

Historical Definition

Fulmen is purified silver.

Meaning

The adjective matters: the definition describes silver in a purified condition, rather than silver under every circumstance. No method or criterion of purification is given.

Use in the Book

Fida names silver and sometimes gold; Luna is directly glossed as silver. These comparisons distinguish a qualified material from broader or alternative names. The edition preserves purified as the feature supplied under Fulmen, while taking any further account of its preparation from the historical passage using the word.

Places to Read

Fida. A metal name with two stated identifications.

Luna. The lunar name denotes silver.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Fulmen

See also. Fida; Luna

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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.

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

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