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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Sal congelatum

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Sal congelatum

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A salt named through its occurrence in baths.

In the book. Sal petre is similarly connected with place and conditions, including cold air and stones.

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

Historical Definition

Sal congelatum is salt that grows in baths.

Meaning

The verb grows describes the source’s account of the salt appearing in that environment. The entry supplies no further locality or composition, so baths should remain a broad historical description.

Use in the Book

Sal petre is similarly connected with place and conditions, including cold air and stones. These definitions often identify a material through where and how it is encountered.

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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 congelatum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Sal petre

See also. 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.

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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.