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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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Turbith minerale

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Turbith minerale

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mercury preparation described through precipitation and sweetness.

In the book. The term should not be reduced to ordinary mercury merely because Mercury appears in the gloss.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Turbith minerale is mercury precipitated into a sweetness without any corrosive.

Meaning

The definition identifies a prepared mercury through a transformation and an exclusion: it is precipitated, is brought to a sweetness, and is described as involving no corrosive. Each feature is part of the historical account.

Use in the Book

The term should not be reduced to ordinary mercury merely because Mercury appears in the gloss. Preparation names qualify materials throughout the dictionary. Here the precise composition and procedure remain unspecified.

In This Edition

Sweetness records the source’s description; it does not establish suitability for tasting or medical use. The article preserves the named qualities without adding a modern formula.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Turbith minerale; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373

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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.