Pallax

[Paul Ferguson]

Just thought I’d put this on the record in case someone can shed some light. Pallax appears to be a gemstone, though whether real or not I do not know. I came across it in Gerard Dorn’s Artificium Supernaturale:



https://archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-...0/mode/2up




p. 243, line 5.









It also appears as an amusing entry in Chambers Cyclopaedia 1786, vol. 3 part 2




   








and in Erstning’s Nucleus:




http://tinyurl.com/y5z4v8r5




   






and in Pseudo-Llull:




https://archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-...p?q=Pallax