A Chymical Dictionary

Pelicanus

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At a Glance

The word. A vessel defined through circulation.

In the book. Ovum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, Phiala as a glass bottle, and Pyramis through a pyramidal form.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical Definition

Pelicanus is a circulatory or circulating vessel.

Meaning

The definition gives the vessel’s operative role. Circulatory and circulating are paired equivalents, making circulation central to the identification. No dimensions or arrangement of parts is supplied here.

Use in the Book

Ovum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, Phiala as a glass bottle, and Pyramis through a pyramidal form. Read together, the instrument entries show that some names describe what a vessel does and others how it is shaped.

Diota is also expressly described as a circulating vessel. The connection supplies a direct operational parallel. The dictionary does not provide enough construction detail in either short definition to establish a single standard vessel design.

Places to Read

Ovum Philosophicum. An egg-shaped glass vessel for philosophical operations.

Phiala. A glass bottle or vial.

Pyramis. A vessel identified through its pyramidal form.

In This Edition

The article does not supply an unverified diagram from the headword’s animal resemblance. A particular illustration or construction would need its own source.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pelicanus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Ovum Philosophicum, Phiala, Pyramis, Diota

See also. Ovum Philosophicum; Phiala; Pyramis; Diota