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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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It should seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense , fo as to comprehend the juices issuing from all those trees . Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
It should seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense , fo as to comprehend the juices issuing from all those trees . Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
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Hence it should seem , the pines or firs in the mountains of Scotland , might be employed that way , and rendred valuable ; even where the timber , by it's remoteness from water - carriage , is of small value .
Hence it should seem , the pines or firs in the mountains of Scotland , might be employed that way , and rendred valuable ; even where the timber , by it's remoteness from water - carriage , is of small value .
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It seems also very reasonable to fuppose the juice of old trees , whose organs bring no new fap , should be better ripened than that of others . 40. The aromatic Aavours of vegetables seem to depend upon the sun's light , as much as ...
It seems also very reasonable to fuppose the juice of old trees , whose organs bring no new fap , should be better ripened than that of others . 40. The aromatic Aavours of vegetables seem to depend upon the sun's light , as much as ...
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It should seem that the forms , souls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or lolar emanation ( a ) , which in respect of the macrocosm is what the animal fpirit is to the macrocosm ; the interior tegument ...
It should seem that the forms , souls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or lolar emanation ( a ) , which in respect of the macrocosm is what the animal fpirit is to the macrocosm ; the interior tegument ...
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And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the ...
And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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