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Translingual
Etymology
A pair of thunder (lightning) bolts on a stave, replacing the snakes of Mercury's caduceus
Symbol
A cluster of thunderbolts (three up and three down), a symbol of Jove
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- the 'scepter of Jove'; a symbol of uncertain meaning in Newton's alchemical writing.
The hapax legomenon in Newton's alchemical notebook.
The context is May 18 Ideam solutionis perfeci Nempe æqualia duo salia elevant ♄ Dein hic elevat lapidem, nec non cum Iove malleabili conjunctus fit 🝏 idque in tali proportione ut ♃ sceptrum apprehendat. Tunc aquila ♃ em attollet. Potest dein ♄ sine salibus in ratione desiderata conjugi ne[c] ignis prædominetur. Denique ☿ sublim & 🞵 præparat feriunt cassidem, & menstruum omnia attollit.
[Translation: "May 18 I came up with an idea of the solution, namely, two equal salts elevate Saturn, then this elevates the stone, and also conjoined with malleable Jove it becomes the scepter of Jove and this in such a proportion that Jupiter seizes the scepter. Then the eagle raises up Jupiter. ..."
The context is May 18 Ideam solutionis perfeci Nempe æqualia duo salia elevant ♄ Dein hic elevat lapidem, nec non cum Iove malleabili conjunctus fit 🝏 idque in tali proportione ut ♃ sceptrum apprehendat. Tunc aquila ♃ em attollet. Potest dein ♄ sine salibus in ratione desiderata conjugi ne[c] ignis prædominetur. Denique ☿ sublim & 🞵 præparat feriunt cassidem, & menstruum omnia attollit.
[Translation: "May 18 I came up with an idea of the solution, namely, two equal salts elevate Saturn, then this elevates the stone, and also conjoined with malleable Jove it becomes the scepter of Jove and this in such a proportion that Jupiter seizes the scepter. Then the eagle raises up Jupiter. ..."
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