athanor

[ ath-uh-nawr ]

noun

, Alchemy.

1. a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of athanor¹

1425–75; late Middle English ≪ Arabic at tannūr the furnace

Example Sentences

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.

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The draught affects the furnace—my Athanor, as we adepts term it.

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A, shows an athanor (or digesting furnace) and a couple of digesting vessels.

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Or Athanor, a chemical stove, which works on for a long time without poking.

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We know of the athanor of the alchemists of the middle ages.

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