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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordNative washing-gold introduces the passage on poisonous volatile materials associated with certain ores and metals.
- In KhunrathThe immediate object of the discussion is the volatile material with the gold, not a declaration that all native gold is itself volatile.
- In this editionThe historical name is retained without identifying a particular deposit, modern ore or recovery technique.
- A reading distinctionThe source form retains the printed half-word solely as an exact lookup fragment; the English headword restores its complete compound.
Meaning
Native washing-gold introduces the passage on poisonous volatile materials associated with certain ores and metals. The compound is broken over pages 75–762.
Use in the book
The immediate object of the discussion is the volatile material with the gold, not a declaration that all native gold is itself volatile. The ensuing argument denies that the subtle products thereby become the specified or universal first matter.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 75The washing-gold compound begins in the new discussion of associated volatile materials.
- 1599 p. 76The word and catalogue continue before the embryonated-metal objection.
Translation in this edition
The historical name is retained without identifying a particular deposit, modern ore or recovery technique.
Source note
The source form retains the printed half-word solely as an exact lookup fragment; the English headword restores its complete compound.