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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThe invention of warlike instruments.
- In the bookThamatica concerns engines moved by air and water, while Mangonaria concerns an art employed with weights.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.
Historical definition
Organopeotica is an art of devising instruments of war.
Meaning
Finding out means devising or inventing in this sentence. The entry concerns an art directed toward a particular class of instruments, rather than a single device or a material preparation.
Use in the book
Thamatica concerns engines moved by air and water, while Mangonaria concerns an art employed with weights. These comparisons show the breadth of mechanical and practical arts included in the dictionary.
Places to read
- OrganopeoticaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- MangonariaAn art defined through the handling or alteration of heaviness.
- ThamaticaThe design of devices driven by air and water.
- MechanopeoticaAn inventive art exemplified by raising and conveying water.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile