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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And though the leaves are suppored to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and drawing in alimentary ; yet it seems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulsion and attraction are ...
And though the leaves are suppored to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and drawing in alimentary ; yet it seems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulsion and attraction are ...
Page 52
It must be owned , that light attracted , secreted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its finest balsamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and sudden medicine , always to ...
It must be owned , that light attracted , secreted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its finest balsamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and sudden medicine , always to ...
Page 62
Salts , according to sir Ifaac Newton , are dry earth and watery acid united by attraction , the acid rendering them ... being attracted thereby , and compares each particle of falt , to a chaos whereof the innermost part is hard and ...
Salts , according to sir Ifaac Newton , are dry earth and watery acid united by attraction , the acid rendering them ... being attracted thereby , and compares each particle of falt , to a chaos whereof the innermost part is hard and ...
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It should seem rather , that the vehement attraction which Sir Isaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he supposeth them to rush towards , penetrate , shake , and divide the most solid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of ...
It should seem rather , that the vehement attraction which Sir Isaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he supposeth them to rush towards , penetrate , shake , and divide the most solid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of ...
Page 68
The fales and sulphurs , for instance , that float in the air abate much of it's elasticity by their attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no distinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most ...
The fales and sulphurs , for instance , that float in the air abate much of it's elasticity by their attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no distinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most ...
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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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