Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 6
Mr. Boyle and other later chemists are agreed , that fixed salts are much the same
in all bodies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the
easier they are separated from the subject , the more do they possess of it's
specific ...
Mr. Boyle and other later chemists are agreed , that fixed salts are much the same
in all bodies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the
easier they are separated from the subject , the more do they possess of it's
specific ...
Page 24
And it doth not seem that any solucion of myrrh is impregnated with it's salt or
acid fpirit . It may not , therefore , seem ftrange if this water should be found more
beneficial for procuring health and long life , than any solution of myrrh
whatsoever .
And it doth not seem that any solucion of myrrh is impregnated with it's salt or
acid fpirit . It may not , therefore , seem ftrange if this water should be found more
beneficial for procuring health and long life , than any solution of myrrh
whatsoever .
Page 27
Common soaps are compositions of lixivial salt and oil . The corrosive acrimony
of the saline particles being softened by the mixture of an unctuous substance
they infinuate themselves into the small ducts with less difficulty and danger .
Common soaps are compositions of lixivial salt and oil . The corrosive acrimony
of the saline particles being softened by the mixture of an unctuous substance
they infinuate themselves into the small ducts with less difficulty and danger .
Page 28
It is granted , that oil and acid salts combined together exist in vegetables , and
that consequently there are acid soaps as well as alcaline . And the faponaceous
nature of the acid vegetable spirits , is what renders them fo diuretic , sudorific ...
It is granted , that oil and acid salts combined together exist in vegetables , and
that consequently there are acid soaps as well as alcaline . And the faponaceous
nature of the acid vegetable spirits , is what renders them fo diuretic , sudorific ...
Page 34
Warm water , for instance , mixed with hot and cold will lefsen the heat in that ,
and be cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of common soap ,
whose coarse lixivial salts are the pro( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct of
culinary fire ...
Warm water , for instance , mixed with hot and cold will lefsen the heat in that ,
and be cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of common soap ,
whose coarse lixivial salts are the pro( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct of
culinary fire ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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