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 17
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 performed all
...
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 performed all
...
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 produce its effect at
...
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 produce its effect at
...
Page 62
Salts , according to sir Ifaac Newton , are dry earth and watery acid united by
attraction , the acid rendering them soluble in ... He supposeth the watry acid to
Aow round the terrestrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted
...
Salts , according to sir Ifaac Newton , are dry earth and watery acid united by
attraction , the acid rendering them soluble in ... He supposeth the watry acid to
Aow round the terrestrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted
...
Page 63
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 vegetables ,
could ...
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 vegetables ,
could ...
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 heterogeneous and
even ...
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 heterogeneous and
even ...
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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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