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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAn inventive art exemplified by raising and conveying water.
- In the bookMangonaria is concerned with weights, while Organopeotica finds out warlike instruments.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.
Historical definition
Mechanopeotica is the invention of water-works that carry water through pipes to high places, or of similar devices.
Meaning
The example identifies an engineering purpose: water is carried through pipes into a higher place. The concluding allowance for similar devices broadens the art beyond one installation, but the definition does not provide a particular pump or mechanism.
Use in the book
Mangonaria is concerned with weights, while Organopeotica finds out warlike instruments. Read together, these names classify arts through the practical works they devise rather than explaining every device in detail.
Places to read
- MechanopeoticaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- MangonariaAn art defined through the handling or alteration of heaviness.
- OrganopeoticaThe invention of warlike instruments.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Mechanopeotica