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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Neque ex quolibet priorum corporum concursu posteriora generantur; ex terrâ enim pingui & aquâ limpidâ optimè dilutis & mixtis exit Mercurius: Ex terrae autem subtilissimae & siccissimae, & aëris humidi consortio sulfur generatur: Sal denique ex aquâ crassâ ponticâ & salsâ & aëre crudo intercepto concrescit.

English

Nor are the later bodies generated from just any conjunction of the earlier ones. Mercury comes forth from oily earth and clear water, thoroughly diluted and mixed. Sulphur is generated from the association of exceedingly subtle and dry earth with moist air. Finally, salt coagulates from gross, briny, saline water and raw air caught within it.

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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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