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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It seemed probable , that a medicine of such efficacy in a distemper attended with
so many purulent ulcers , might be also useful in other foulnesses of the blood ;
accordingly I tried it on several persons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ...
It seemed probable , that a medicine of such efficacy in a distemper attended with
so many purulent ulcers , might be also useful in other foulnesses of the blood ;
accordingly I tried it on several persons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ...
Page 8
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with
sods of earth to prevent the Aame from bursting forth in which case the tar was
lost ...
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with
sods of earth to prevent the Aame from bursting forth in which case the tar was
lost ...
Page 9
... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
Page 11
Tar water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what
experience I have had , it poslessech the most valuable qualities ascribed to the
several balsams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and even to the balm of Gilead ;
such ...
Tar water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what
experience I have had , it poslessech the most valuable qualities ascribed to the
several balsams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and even to the balm of Gilead ;
such ...
Page 15
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
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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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