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Metals minerals and metallic preparations

Ozo

A direct arsenic name.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordA direct arsenic name.
  • In the bookArsaneck identifies a sublimed arsenic preparation, whereas Arsenicum has a wider historical gloss involving metallic flashing and salts.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.

Historical definition

Ozo is arsenic.

Meaning

The dictionary supplies the material equivalent without a further qualification of color, mineral form or preparation.

Use in the book

Arsaneck identifies a sublimed arsenic preparation, whereas Arsenicum has a wider historical gloss involving metallic flashing and salts. These comparisons help the reader retain Ozo’s unqualified identification while noticing qualifications and different uses elsewhere in the vocabulary.

Places to read

  1. OzoRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. ArsaneckAn arsenic preparation distinguished by sublimation.
  3. ArsenicumA broad technical name whose gloss includes metallic flashing and salts.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Ozo; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 365; compare Arsaneck, Arsenicum