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
... attraction are performed all over the furface of vegetables , as well as animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo ... attracted by the root , and the defcending another imbibed by the leaves , or ex- tremities of the branches : laftly ...
... attraction are performed all over the furface of vegetables , as well as animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo ... attracted by the root , and the defcending another imbibed by the leaves , or ex- tremities of the branches : laftly ...
Page 52
... attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and fud- den medicine , always to produce its effect at once ...
... attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and fud- den medicine , always to produce its effect at once ...
Page 62
... attraction , the acid rendering them foluble in water ( f ) . He fuppofeth the watry acid to flow round the ter- reftrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted thereby , and compares each par- ticle of falt , to a ...
... attraction , the acid rendering them foluble in water ( f ) . He fuppofeth the watry acid to flow round the ter- reftrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted thereby , and compares each par- ticle of falt , to a ...
Page 63
... attraction which Sir Ifaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he fuppofeth them to rush towards , penetrate , shake , and divide the most folid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of vegetables , could bet- ter account for this ...
... attraction which Sir Ifaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he fuppofeth them to rush towards , penetrate , shake , and divide the most folid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of vegetables , could bet- ter account for this ...
Page 68
... attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no diftinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even opposite to each other ( m ) , which become air , by acquiring an elafticity and ...
... attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no diftinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even opposite to each other ( m ) , which become air , by acquiring an elafticity and ...
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