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Definition of Athanor
1. Noun. A furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists.
Definition of Athanor
1. n. A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.
Definition of Athanor
1. Noun. a furnace or stove, designed and to maintain uniform heat. Primarily used by alchemists ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Athanor
1. an alchemist's furnace [n -S]
Medical Definition of Athanor
1. A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Origin: F, fr. Ar. At-tannur, fr. Heb. Tannur an oven or furnace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athanor
Literary usage of Athanor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation by C[harles] Greville Williams (1857)
"The athanor was perhaps their masterpiece; it was intended to afford a steady
heat, adapted for digestion or distillation, for a very long period, ..."
2. The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal by John Henry Pepper (1861)
"The Tower of athanor.] 3. the place where the ashes or Sand for the Bath are placed.
4. ... 7. the entrance of the fire or heat from the Tower of athanor. ..."
3. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"The first local instrument is the furnace, designated by the ancients under the
alchemical name of athanor. This takes the place of the uterus in spagyric ..."
4. Metallurgic Chymistry. Being a System of Mineralogy in General, and of All by Christlieb Ehregott Gellert (1776)
"An athanor of four or five feet high being melting bmit., with its grate in cd
and at its fide a melting furnace, e. f, big having a brick walled in, ..."
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