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A select bibliography of chemistry, 1492-1892

Chapter 44

SECTION II. — DICTIONARIES. 45

Chevallier, Alphonse, Ch. Lamy et Ed. Robiquet.
Dictionnaire raisonne des denominations chimiques et pharmaceutiques contenant tous les termes employes en chimie et en pharmacie, pour designer les lois, phenomenes, substances, combinaisons ou preparations connus jusqu' a ce jour. Paris, 1853. 2 parts.
Chymicall Dictionary (A), explaining Hard Places and Words met withall in the Writings of Paracelsus and other obscure Authours. London, 1650. Sm. 4to.
This is " Printed by Richard Cotes for Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little brittain." It is commonly bound with: A New Light of Alchymie by Michael Sandivogius and Nine Books of the Nature of Things by Paracelsus. All translated by J. F. London, 1650. Many of the explanations throw little light on the meaning of the hard words; e. g. : "Acetum Philosophorum is a Mercuriall Water or Virgin's Milke wherein they say metalls are dissolved."
Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth.
Specific Gravities, Boiling- and Melting Points and Chemical Formula.