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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA vessel defined through circulation.
- In the bookOvum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, Phiala as a glass bottle, and Pyramis through a pyramidal form.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.
Historical definition
Pelicanus is a circulatory or circulating vessel.
Meaning
The definition gives the vessel’s operative role. Circulatory and circulating are paired equivalents, making circulation central to the identification. No dimensions or arrangement of parts is supplied here.
Use in the book
Ovum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, Phiala as a glass bottle, and Pyramis through a pyramidal form. Read together, the instrument entries show that some names describe what a vessel does and others how it is shaped.
Diota is also expressly described as a circulating vessel. The connection supplies a direct operational parallel. The dictionary does not provide enough construction detail in either short definition to establish a single standard vessel design.
Places to read
- PelicanusRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- Ovum PhilosophicumAn egg-shaped glass vessel for philosophical operations.
- PhialaA glass bottle or vial.
- PyramisA vessel identified through its pyramidal form.
In this edition
The article does not supply an unverified diagram from the headword’s animal resemblance. A particular illustration or construction would need its own source.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile