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Metals minerals and metallic preparations

Zarfa

A short tin name.

From the book

A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordA short tin name.
  • In the bookKeeping both records searchable lets the reader distinguish a general name from a condition-qualified description.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376.

Historical definition

Zarfa is tin.

Meaning

The entry gives a direct metal equivalent. It does not add the defects of purity or workability that qualify tin under Wismodt.

Use in the book

Keeping both records searchable lets the reader distinguish a general name from a condition-qualified description. The spelling itself supplies no further composition.

Places to read

  1. ZarfaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. WismodtTin described as impure and resistant to working.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Zarfa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Wismodt