athanor
[ ath-uh-nawr ]
nounAlchemy.
a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.
Origin of athanor
11425–75; late Middle English ≪ Arabic at tannūr the furnace
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How to use athanor in a sentence
The actual text of the Marrow of the Hermetic Philosophy mentions taking an alchemical “egg”—not further described—from an athanor, which is a type of furnace used for gentle heating over a long period of time.
Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone: How Scientists Cracked a 400-Year-Old Alchemical Cipher | Richard Bean | October 28, 2021 | Singularity HubThe draught affects the furnace—my athanor, as we adepts term it.
Auriol | W. Harrison AinsworthA, shows an athanor (or digesting furnace) and a couple of digesting vessels.
Alchemy: Ancient and Modern | H. Stanley RedgroveOr athanor, a chemical stove, which works on for a long time without poking.
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) | Jean Paul Friedrich RichterWe know of the athanor of the alchemists of the middle ages.
Inventions in the Century | William Henry Doolittle
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