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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... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
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... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanism . Those who have examined the structure of trees and plants by ...
... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanism . Those who have examined the structure of trees and plants by ...
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... bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex- panded and contracted in the ...
... bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex- panded and contracted in the ...
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... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
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... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31 . ( b ) ...
... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31 . ( b ) ...
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