The Summary of Physics Restored

Name: The Summary of Physics Restored
Author: Attributed to Jean d’Espagnet

A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion

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Latin

Aqua est natura media, inter densum & tenue, inter Terram & Aërem; menstruum Naturae, corpus volatile, fugax, ignis impatiens, calore etiam mediocri in vaporem exhalans, multiplicem induens figuram, Protheo denique instabilius.

English

Water is an intermediate nature between dense and fine, between earth and air: nature's menstruum, a volatile, fugitive body unable to endure fire, breathing out into vapour under even moderate heat, taking on many forms, and finally more unstable than Proteus.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.

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The historical Latin text is a public-domain work. The supplied 2026 fresh English translation, readable Latin transcription and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.