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 - 164 pages |
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Page 7
But the most elaborate juice , falt , and spirit of those evergreens are to be found
in tar ; whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr .
Evelyn in his treatise on Forest trees observes with wonder , that stems of trees ...
But the most elaborate juice , falt , and spirit of those evergreens are to be found
in tar ; whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr .
Evelyn in his treatise on Forest trees observes with wonder , that stems of trees ...
Page 15
... as the imbibing or attracting of proper nourishment , the distributing thereof
through all parts of the vegetable , the discharge of superfluities , the secretion of
particular juices . They are found to have ducts answering to the trache¿ in
animals ...
... as the imbibing or attracting of proper nourishment , the distributing thereof
through all parts of the vegetable , the discharge of superfluities , the secretion of
particular juices . They are found to have ducts answering to the trache¿ in
animals ...
Page 16
And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of
plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several
juices secreted by different parts of the same plant , but also , the endless variety
...
And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of
plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several
juices secreted by different parts of the same plant , but also , the endless variety
...
Page 17
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulares in
plants as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulares in
plants as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
Page 18
Only I cannot help observing , that the vulgar argument from analogy between
plants and animals Joseth much of it ' s force , if it be considered , that the
supposed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries ,
and thence ...
Only I cannot help observing , that the vulgar argument from analogy between
plants and animals Joseth much of it ' s force , if it be considered , that the
supposed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries ,
and thence ...
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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 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 |
| Contributors | Margaret Rhames, 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 | 164 pages |
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