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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

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Oleum Vitrioli aurificatum

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Oleum Vitrioli aurificatum

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An oil of vitriol preparation qualified through treatment with gold.

In the book. The entry does not say that sugar is added or describe a modern culinary sweetness.

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

Historical Definition

Oleum Vitrioli aurificatum is that which is artificially sweetened with gold.

Meaning

The compound headword supplies the material family, while the definition explains its gold-related qualification. Artificially means by art or preparation, rather than simply something false. Sweetened is the historical description of the change effected with gold.

Use in the Book

The entry does not say that sugar is added or describe a modern culinary sweetness. In a chemical passage, the altered quality should be followed through the stated materials and operation. Compare Turbith minerale, another preparation described through sweetness, and Sal practicum, explicitly defined as a mixture.

Oleum Calcotharinum supplies another oil-of-vitriol name, there characterized as red. Comparing that colour qualification with the present treatment involving gold helps distinguish two named preparations without assuming they are the same product.

Places to Read

Sal practicum. A named mixture of saltpetre and sal ammoniac.

Turbith minerale. A mercury preparation described through precipitation and sweetness.

Oleum Calcotharinum. A vitriol oil distinguished by its red colour.

In This Edition

No composition or strength is inferred from the isolated oil name. The definition remains an account of a qualified preparation within the historical vocabulary.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Oleum Vitrioli aurificatum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Sal practicum, Turbith minerale, Oleum Calcotharinum

See also. Sal practicum; Turbith minerale; Oleum Calcotharinum

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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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